Tyre levers for carbon rims

kleinstroker

Need some advice on decent tyre levers for my Reynolds rims. I want something that I can take in my bike pack (lezyne micro caddy) and that won't damage the rims, as I've been told not to use my regular alu levers.

I bought some nylon ones but they are worse than useless, there's no way in hell they are strong enough to get the tyre out, they just bend pathetically.

Cheers

ugo.santalucia

It's bad technique... besides, I would recommend to practice and learn to fit them/remove them bare hands... especially with carbon rims

kleinstroker

I can put them on no probs with bare hands, but never even tried taking them off with them. I'm doubtful I could do it to be honest, is there some kind of trick?

chaymck

http://www.evanscycles.com/products/par ... --ec005478

I use the above- no issues with them bending

ugo.santalucia

kleinstroker wrote:

I can put them on no probs with bare hands, but never even tried taking them off with them. I'm doubtful I could do it to be honest, is there some kind of trick?

Grab the tyre with both hands and lift it, then push it off the rim, you might need to repeat the operation 2-3 times, while the rubber stretches and allow you to get the bead off the rim. Once it's off, just push the all tyre/tube off the rim... it is very simple. Start from far away from the valve