Tyre levers..............any particularly good ones out there ??

[beastie]

Park Tools FTW

 

[400bhp]

VAR tyre levers have a good rep.

They are superb. I carry one plus a normal set of park tools.

 

[YahudaMoon]

i use plastic parks..but i'd say michelins would be the best.

Yes, totally agree, had mine 8 years till I lost them en-route

Tried finding a Michelin replacement at a stupid cost, really hard to find

Zefal do the same ones, though in red, not the Michelin yellow colour, no problem yet after nearly two years

 

[YahudaMoon]

Zefal

Michelin

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

+2 .They got my usually stubborn Vittoria Barzo's on no sweat

+1 to Park Tools ones, bombproof so far, I still have the 3 I bought after several years use, including M+'s, even on 18 inch wheels and on Vittoria Bastardo's(*)

(*) is what my Radonneur's should have been called, evil, evil things to fit.

 

[OskarTennisChampion]

Learn to do it without tyre levers.

Interested

 

[Racing roadkill]

Topeak tyre lever and shuttle lever. I have these, they are superb.

 

[clid61]

All of this discussion about tyre levers would be unnecessary if people would just use TALC as a dry lubricant.


This

 

[Racing roadkill]

Try that with a stiff Schwalbe M+. Good luck.

 

[Ajax Bay]

@clid61 If you were answering @OskarTennisChampion 's "interested" the talc may help getting them back on but @Globalti tempered his 'Talc' advice by saying:

it's almost impossible to remove a tyre unless you start with a lever but with plenty of talc I can get any tyre back on the rim with two thumbs

So @cd365 how about 'putting up' and adding value to this thread by helping people "Learn to do it without tyre levers." Or were you just referring to getting the bead back on, as opposed to getting a tyre off?

 

[Globalti]

Another thing I forgot to mention is that it helps at this time of year to do the job in the warm. Outdoors in the cold the rubber will be stiffer and you won't have talc to hand so will need levers.

 

[Ajax Bay]

Do people agree that the limiting condition for lever strength when they are used to get a tyre back on, cognisant of the risks to the inner tube - because of weak hands/fingers/thumbs/lack of talc or whatever?

 

[Bodhbh]

Pedros are pretty good.

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/...gclid=CNrD0eSXvcgCFeoJwwodUpAPlw&gclsrc=aw.ds

The Park Tool ones are pretty good, but I have had them snap on really difficult tyre rim combos. Those Pedro ones are definately a tougher, but the width of them can make them harder to get betwen the rim and tyre...anyhooow at 2quid a pair they don't break the bank. As someone's said upthread - for the workshop at least, it's worth having a few different levers kicking about. The metal ones are where it's at if you don't care about weigth and scratching rims...ofc I try just to do it with my thumbs where possible.

 

[Bodhbh]

Another thing I forgot to mention is that it helps at this time of year to do the job in the warm. Outdoors in the cold the rubber will be stiffer and you won't have talc to hand so will need levers.

Most of my fettling is done in the back yard, this may exlain some of the fun and games I've had with tyres and rims lately.

 

[cd365]

@clid61 If you were answering @OskarTennisChampion 's "interested" the talc may help getting them back on but @Globalti tempered his 'Talc' advice by saying:

So @cd365 how about 'putting up' and adding value to this thread by helping people "Learn to do it without tyre levers." Or were you just referring to getting the bead back on, as opposed to getting a tyre off?

Someone posted a video from YouTube on another thread a couple of years ago showing how to get tyres on and off with no levers. I watched it, tried and and have done it at the roadside after a puncture. I will see if I can find it.