Tight tyres
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You tried talc on the tube and inner of the tyre - makes life much easier !0
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Crank Bros Speed lever? In Wiggles puncture kits and levers section.0
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hugo15 wrote:
After reading reviews about the VAR levers, I bought one of these recently as I have a very hard time getting my tyres on and off. However there are no instructions with it and it doesn't seem very intuitive. Does anyone have any ideas/instructions on how to use it? :oops:
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Top_Bhoy wrote:hugo15 wrote:
After reading reviews about the VAR levers, I bought one of these recently as I have a very hard time getting my tyres on and off. However there are no instructions with it and it doesn't seem very intuitive. Does anyone have any ideas/instructions on how to use it? :oops:
Cheers
http://www.bikeplus.co.uk/cgi-bin/quiks ... YS42&and=1M.Rushton0 -
Apparently, Bikeplus sell their VAR tools with instructions!
I find mine very good, lightweight, and carry it everywhere with me now. Reduced 7 days of struggligng to seven minutes.
Remove the removable tyre lever in the middle of the tool.
You are then left with what looks like a tuning fork - A narrow "C" shape with flat rather than rounded top and bottom.
Assemble tyre/tube in usual way i.e.
Leave one side of bead on rim. Insert lightly inflated tube to rim, and then push over the bead with hands/lever until you get to the tight bit.
Now use the tool for the last difficult bit:
One end will quite obviously sit on the rim itself - Put this on the side with the bead fully seated.
Use the other end of the tool (which has a hook on it) to lever the remaining bead in to place.
For improved action, place your hand over the sides of the tool, so as you lever it in to place, you are squeezing the tool - to prevent it bending.
*NB: I still carry at least two lightweight Park Tool levers to get the tyre off. The VAR tool I find useful only for putting it back on.0 -
Var Tyre lever fitting instructions
Paul_Smith
www.bikeplus.co.ukTop_Bhoy wrote:hugo15 wrote:
After reading reviews about the VAR levers, I bought one of these recently as I have a very hard time getting my tyres on and off. However there are no instructions with it and it doesn't seem very intuitive. Does anyone have any ideas/instructions on how to use it? :oops:
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Cheers Paul - Good to see you back again - I thought you'd been eliminated in the migration from the C+ site!0
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I am still here, although not been staying after hours as much, which is when I normally post, as I do so in my own time, during breaks or often just after we close, having said that my very last Cycling Plus post took me three hours, just before they closed it
, plus I have not spoken to the moderators yet, I normally run it by them high lighting who I am, although so far the three forums that I post in (inc what was C+) have actively encouraged my posts, although I would still like to let chat with them first to confirm the what criteria they would like me to follow.
As an example I do not put deep links into our site if referring to a product, just the picture. Plus I am I am sensitive to the fact that I am of course a retailer, but I do make a concious effort to try to be as impartial as I can. I will never say do not buy a particular product that I do not feel is suitable when perhaps I could (some may say should) and neither would I say do not buy it from who ever they may have mentioned and buy it from us instead, even if we have that item in stock and cheaper than who has been mentioned.
I normally ask what the moderators what they would like me to use as a signtaure, I did suggest that I could easily not say who I was, but most mention that by stating exactly who I am is of course truthful and upfront and allows the reader to make up their own mind, plus it can often give the reader an insight of someone from the other side of the counter.
I do enjoy posting in the Forums and sharing what knowledge I have, not only as an experienced club rider for the last thirty years but as a specialist retailer for the last twenty. First and foremost I am a cycling enthusiast and essentially want everyone to enjoy cycling, I am well aware that the correct choice of product can help greatly as mucgh as the wrong choice can in some cases put them off.
Of course reading the many posts also gives me an insight in respect of latest trends, plus what cyclists actually think of products and in some cases influences what we chose to stock, Airborne/Van Nicholas being a prime example. Mail order can be very 'bubble' like as you only have your own data to analyse after all and it can be a bit impersonal, where as posting in forums still allows me to feel like a bike shop person again
When I get time I will contact the moderators, although I have assumed that it is in many ways a evolution of the Cycling Plus forum so I have been a bit slow in coming forward
Paul_Smith
www.bikeplus.co.ukOnTow wrote:Cheers Paul - Good to see you back again - I thought you'd been eliminated in the migration from the C+ site!0 -
Thanks for the instruction links guys!!!0
