Tyre Levers!

lm_trek
lm_trek Posts: 1,470
edited July 2013 in Road buying advice
Probably the easiest question, which tyre levers for a road bike?

Well for Mavic Aksium wheels and tyres, my park tools mtb ones are far too chunky and it took ages to get under the rim, after some pulling at the tyre etc...

Im sure when i fitted the tyre back on its a little warped now.

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  • dnwhite88
    dnwhite88 Posts: 285
    Any plastic ones will do mate-they normally come with puncture repair kits.
    "It never gets easier, you just go faster"
  • WindyG
    WindyG Posts: 1,099
    No idea if these are any good, I was placing an order already so just added these to it:
    http://www.planet-x-bikes.co.uk/i/q/TOJWTL/jobsworth_tyre_levers

    Park Tools also do slimmer ones for road bikes which I also have, they don't seem really any better than any other brand.
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  • sungod
    sungod Posts: 17,496
    crank brothers speed lever is the easiest i've ever used
    my bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny
  • dowtcha
    dowtcha Posts: 442
    Park tools are fine, you may just need more practice as some tyres can be difficult to get on.
  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    Dowtcha wrote:
    Park tools are fine, you may just need more practice as some tyres can be difficult to get on.

    You don't use tyre levers to get tyres on.
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  • jordan_217
    jordan_217 Posts: 2,580
    Find a set of the big yellow Pedros ones. They look like something from the Early Learning Centre but they are really solid and do exactly what you need them to.
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  • Cleat Eastwood
    Cleat Eastwood Posts: 7,508
    sungod wrote:
    crank brothers speed lever is the easiest i've ever used

    +1 for these not only make taking it off a doddle but also putting it back on

    and only a fiver
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  • lm_trek
    lm_trek Posts: 1,470
    Picked up a top peak pair, Evans let me have a try on the shop, those hoy bikes are much nicer in the flesh, quite impressed!
  • Mindermast
    Mindermast Posts: 124
    My preferred model:

    http://www.bikebug.com/images/Tyre%20Lever.jpg

    Once or twice, I expected them to break, but they never did. Seems that they are fine for 22 mm racing tyres as well as for 54 mm MTB tyres.
  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    I like the park ones, although I snapped two putting SMPs on a Brompton. Best try leaver I have is the handle of a silver fork from the inherited cutlery in the sideboard. Only gets used when the Mrs is out or has gone to bed.
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  • northpole
    northpole Posts: 1,499
    Having snapped some on a trickier pair of wheels, I bought Spesh ones which are reinforced and provide me with much more confidence than the Park Tools ones.

    Peter
  • cycleclinic
    cycleclinic Posts: 6,865
    In the workshop i use campag leversm simply the best. I have broken or bent every other lever I have tried.
    http://www.thecycleclinic.co.uk -wheel building and other stuff.
  • gozzy
    gozzy Posts: 640
    I'm quite happy with the metal ones my Dad gave me in 1992, that he'd had since I don't know when. They've never failed to get a tyre off, and I doubt they'll snap. Unlike the plastic ones I tried once, they snapped first time.
  • overlord2
    overlord2 Posts: 339
    With some practise you wont need tyre levers to get a tyre off and definitely not to put one one.

    I can even put marathons on and off with out them now. 8)

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