VAR Tyre Tool
prj45
Posts: 2,208
Oh yes, I'm loving it:
Was really worried about having to get my new Gatorskin tyre on my new rims if I was out and about. It took me 20 minutes and some severe thumb damage to get it on last time, but with this it was on within 20 seconds.
Why didn't you tell me about it before you lot?
http://randonneurextra.blogspot.com/200 ... lever.html
Was really worried about having to get my new Gatorskin tyre on my new rims if I was out and about. It took me 20 minutes and some severe thumb damage to get it on last time, but with this it was on within 20 seconds.
Why didn't you tell me about it before you lot?
http://randonneurextra.blogspot.com/200 ... lever.html
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Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:
"BikeRadar Forum Index > Mountain bike > MTB Workshop & Tech"
One place I can say I've never been (well, not any more)!0 -
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lost_in_thought wrote:Where did you get it?
I've seen them at:
http://www.cyclebasket.com/products.php ... 1p92&rs=gb
and
http://www.sjscycles.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=903
SJS has instructions:
http://www.sjscycles.com/Instructions/V ... ctions.pdf0 -
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Wow, that could have saved me a couple of tubes by now.0
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prj45 wrote:Arthur Scrimshaw wrote:
"BikeRadar Forum Index > Mountain bike > MTB Workshop & Tech"
One place I can say I've never been (well, not any more)!
Oh you've got to explore all the nooks and crannies of this place!
Seriously though it's a great piece of kit, and although the only puncture I've had with the Contis was a roofing nail (don't think any tyre would have stopped that) it's reassuring to have it with me!0 -
Canny Jock wrote:Wow, that could have saved me a couple of tubes by now.
Yeah, having struggled for ages with my tyres, and stabbed a hole in a tube with a Park Tools tyre lever I'd broken trying to get the tyre off, this looks like a brilliant idea.0 -
I've never seen or heard of this before, but now ordered. Looks very useful indeed.
Thanks or the tip.
Dex.0 -
lost_in_thought wrote:and stabbed a hole in a tube with a Park Tools tyre lever I'd broken trying to get the tyre off
Ooh, I wanna know how much swearing went on there!0 -
prj45 wrote:lost_in_thought wrote:and stabbed a hole in a tube with a Park Tools tyre lever I'd broken trying to get the tyre off
Ooh, I wanna know how much swearing went on there!
I didn't realise what had happened until I got on the train and the chaps took the tyre off for me - I thought I was being malcoordinated with the CO2.
One advantage of tight beads is that you can ride miles on a flat tyre...0 -
I stopped using tyre levers after stabbing several tubes refitting :evil: now I just MTFU and use my thumbs for fitting.Rule #5 // Harden The Feck Up.
Rule #9 // If you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a badass. Period.
Rule #12 // The correct number of bikes to own is n+1.
Rule #42 // A bike race shall never be preceded with a swim and/or followed by a run.0 -
itboffin wrote:I stopped using tyre levers after stabbing several tubes refitting :evil: now I just MTFU and use my thumbs for fitting.
You'd need thumbs of steel, shaped like tyre levers, to get Marathon Plus on road wheels...0
