Tyre levers for clincher rims
Hi,
I've just had my first puncture on my new ribble sportif carbon, no big deal until i try and remove the tyre from the rodi clincher rims, the plastic levers i have just done seem strong enough or thin enough to get under the tyre.
Do i need a different tyre of level for these deeper rims ?
TIA,
Mike.
I've just had my first puncture on my new ribble sportif carbon, no big deal until i try and remove the tyre from the rodi clincher rims, the plastic levers i have just done seem strong enough or thin enough to get under the tyre.
Do i need a different tyre of level for these deeper rims ?
TIA,
Mike.
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some tyres are easier to get off than others, and some rims may be on the high end of tolerance so make things a bit harder, but rim depth itself doesn't make a difference
fwiw i use a crank brothers speed lever, with some tyres it still takes quite a bit of force to get it under the bead, but there's more of it to get a grip onmy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
THanks - might have to try one of those as these tyres are so hard very little flex on them, never going to get them off with these plaggy ones i'm using :-(0
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When you replace the tyres get foldable ones without the wire insert. I can get mine on and off with no tools at all now.
My tourer has Schwalbe Marathons, widely regarded as a swine to get on and off. But my late father's 1950's GPO tyre levers work a treat - I imagine postmen are experts on punctures!http://www.strathspey.co.uk - Quality Binoculars at a Sensible Price.
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Campag tyre levers are the best I have used. chasing the tyre round the rim helps a lot in gathering slack and then inserting the tyre lever. There has to be a youtube video on it.http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.0
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Went old school in the end - a decent table knife with some butter on did the trick....not much use for on the go repairs though
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Get these:
Much better than most plastic ones and they won't scratch your rims.0 -
If the tyre is too tight to take off with plastic levers, I'd suggest something is wrong.
Have you moved the tyre off the high spot near the rim? Ensure all the air is out of the tube then move the tyre to the centre of the rim.
:shock: Too late.mjw123 wrote:Went old school in the end - a decent table knife with some butter on did the trick....not much use for on the go repairs though0 -
Starting to p!$$ me off now...repaired both front and back wheels y/day....did 5 miles today and got another :evil:
This better be an unfortunate co-incidence0 -
I use metal tyre levers that I've had for years. A bit of washing up liquid helps the lever slide easily.1998 Kona Cindercone in singlespeed commute spec
2013 Cannondale Caadx 1x10
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It could be the tyres and not the levers?
I recently bought a Ribble and the only part that I didn't upgrade on bike builder was the tyres. Ribble put on a very cheap tyre that did not flex at all and took me the best part of an hour to take off and put back on again. I have now changed them to some Schwalbe folding tyres and it is absolutely fine.0 -
Bare hands... All my bikes have ambrosio rims as you can change a tyre with no levers.left the forum March 20230
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ugo.santalucia wrote:Bare hands... All my bikes have ambrosio rims as you can change a tyre with no levers.
I'd like to see you try that in this case! @OP - are the tyres the standard Pro Race Nitros that Ribble tend to inflict on you? If so, some observations
1) The Nitros seem to behave surprisingly well on the road
2) Until they puncture which they do surprisingly easily
3) And then they are absolute gits to get off the rims. In the end, I put a hole in the side of one of my tyres trying to get it on or off the rim.
I don't know if the Rodis are particularly hard to get tyres off as well (though they aren't great wheels in plenty of other ways by all accounts) but if you are trying to get Nitros off then it's the tyre that's the problem rather than the lever.Faster than a tent.......0 -
Yes it is the Nitros - however i've found after a few times having taken them off then get a bit easier....still damn difficult though.
Are the Nitro's a cheap / poor tyre?0 -
Chase the tyre around the rim first then insert the levers. It really does help a little bit.http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.0
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Got some of these - http://bontrager.com/model/07799 - in Tiso yesterday for £3.50. I had a puncture today for some unknown reason when my bike was sitting still. Anyway, the levers are amazing. They fit right under the beads of the tyre, and just pull it off with no effort. Amazing.
Road - Dolan Preffisio
MTB - On-One Inbred
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mjw123 wrote:Yes it is the Nitros - however i've found after a few times having taken them off then get a bit easier....still damn difficult though.
Are the Nitro's a cheap / poor tyre?
I thought they rode surprisingly well for what they are but they seemed to attract punctures - they are certainly cheap and the bike deserves better! If you get away without the punctures, then you might as well use them up but you are better off getting something like Schwalbe Duranos (or Continental equivalent) for about £20 each online (eg Highonbikes) - they will be lighter, grippier, more puncture resistant and much easier to get on and off the rim.Faster than a tent.......0 -
The trick that not many try is to make sure the bead is in the well of the rim. Not just the bit of the bead that you're trying to get the lever under but the entire bead for that size of the tyre. Once you learn to do that then you'll only
need short tyre levers, even for things like Schwalbe Marathons!0
