good tyre levers?

bugbear said:

So - can anyone recommend effective
tyre levers (mainly for narrow-ish 700c if
it makes a difference).

I use Park Tools plastic ones. They seem to have survived okay so far,
including the notoriously nasty Marathon <-> Brompton job.

Pete.
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Peter Clinch said:

bugbear said:

So - can anyone recommend effective
tyre levers (mainly for narrow-ish 700c if
it makes a difference).

I use Park Tools plastic ones. They seem to have survived okay so far,
including the notoriously nasty Marathon <-> Brompton job.

Is that the fat, black ones? They certainly get Marathons on & off OK.
The blue, thinner ones are less good, IMOSHO.

bugbear said the following on 09/11/2006 12:34:

Quoted message said:

So - can anyone recommend effective
tyre levers (mainly for narrow-ish 700c if
it makes a difference).

I use the £2 plastic set of three from most LBSs, or free with one of
the MTB mags last month. They work fine on 700c and 26" tyres - been
using them for years.

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

sothach said:

Is that the fat, black ones? They certainly get Marathons on & off OK.
The blue, thinner ones are less good, IMOSHO.

Mine are blue, I wouldn't know if the fatness is colour coded as they're
the only ones I've seen...

Pete.
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bugbear said:

So - can anyone recommend effective tyre levers

Tacx levers are the dog's danglies. I notice a few recommendations for
Park levers, which I've found to be among the worst I've tried.
Obviously YMMV.

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bugbear said:

I have bought and used several tyre levers
over the years.

The best ones IME are stimson (sp?)

Simson

Quoted message said:

and came in a 3 quid levers + patches + glue
kit. Little buggers, with a "step" on the back
that pivots on the rim nicely.

Most others I find difficult to use.

Many "old" levers (car boot specials) simply
bend over time.

The stimsons are no longer available.

So - can anyone recommend effective
tyre levers (mainly for narrow-ish 700c if
it makes a difference).

These look ... expensive.

http://www.theoldbicycleshowroom.co.uk/index.asp?function=DISPLAYPRODUCT&productid=419

My favourite tyre levers are the fibreglass reinforced nylon ones from Mike
Dyason's. The shape is good enough for tight tyres, they never bend or
break, and they're cheap enough to have a set in every one of your bike bags
and on every mantelpiece at home ;-) : http://tinyurl.com/ydqdz9 .

~PB

Pete Biggs said the following on 09/11/2006 13:53:

Quoted message said:

My favourite tyre levers are the fibreglass reinforced nylon ones from Mike
Dyason's. The shape is good enough for tight tyres, they never bend or
break, and they're cheap enough to have a set in every one of your bike bags
and on every mantelpiece at home ;-) : http://tinyurl.com/ydqdz9 .

Do you have a working link?

"Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005' blah blah"

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Paul Boyd said:

Quoted message said:

My favourite tyre levers are the fibreglass reinforced nylon ones
from Mike Dyason's. The shape is good enough for tight tyres, they
never bend or break, and they're cheap enough to have a set in every
one of your bike bags and on every mantelpiece at home ;-) :
http://tinyurl.com/ydqdz9 .

Do you have a working link?

The above tinyurl one works for me.

Try this:

http://www.mikedyason.com/productDesc.asp?session_id=dcb8c1ff37067091a0887d81dce84fe7&text_product_id=TL

Tools section:

http://www.mikedyason.com/shop.asp?session_id=a808e608f34f7305003f870936390f77&no_category=23&text_company=TOOLS

~PB

I like the VAR lever/s - it's a hook that pulls the tyre up and over
the rim rather than just levering it on and is very good for solving
that small tyre + large rim = much swearing and blistering of thumbs
problem.

Pete Biggs said the following on 09/11/2006 16:17:

Quoted message said:

The above tinyurl one works for me.

Try this:

http://www.mikedyason.com/productDesc.asp?session_id=dcb8c1ff37067091a0887d81dce84fe7&text_product_id=TL
http://www.mikedyason.com/shop.asp?session_id=a808e608f34f7305003f870936390f77&no_category=23&text_company=TOOLS

Hmm - same error message, with both Firefox 2 and IE7. Anyway, I just
followed the links manually from his home page. It's the plastic ones
that I've used for ever!

--
Paul Boyd
http://www.paul-boyd.co.uk/

Pete Biggs said:

The above tinyurl one works for me.

Try this:

http://www.mikedyason.com/productDesc.asp?session_id=dcb8c1ff37067091a0887d81dce84fe7&text_product_id=TL

Tools section:

http://www.mikedyason.com/shop.asp?session_id=a808e608f34f7305003f870936390f77&no_category=23&text_company=TOOLS

Both lead to:
Microsoft JET Database Engine error '80004005'

I suspect the involvement of cookies.

But if I go to <url:http://www.mikedyason.com/> then it's easy enough to
click on the "tools" link, then "tyre levers".

--
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Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often
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bugbear bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim said:

I have bought and used several tyre levers
over the years.

Quoted message said:

The best ones IME are stimson (sp?) and
came in a 3 quid levers + patches + glue
kit. Little buggers, with a "step" on the back
that pivots on the rim nicely.

You mean the metal Simson ones? I can probably spare a couple, every time
I bought a box of patches there was another set in there...

Still available from Halfords in the NL:
http://www.halfords.nl/NL/Acties/Catalog/ProductDetail.htm?productId=709502

Roos

bugbear said:

I have bought and used several tyre levers
over the years.

.......

Quoted message said:

So - can anyone recommend effective
tyre levers (mainly for narrow-ish 700c if
it makes a difference).

At the risk of starting a war comparable to wearing of h*lm*ts....

I really like the SpeedLever*. Several friends have watched amazed as it
zips a tyre on or off a wheel, and then bought one themselves. Works down
to at least a 700x25mm tyre, and has heaved several very tight examples over
rims when ordinary levers were not working.

Does need a little care in where you push, or they look like they will snap,
though mine hasn't broken and is best part of a decade old.

(* about a fiver from Halfords, I think its under the Crank Bros name these
days, though mine is much older).

- Nigel

--
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Webmaster at http://www.2mm.org.uk/

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Pete Biggs said:

Paul Boyd said:

Quoted message said:

My favourite tyre levers are the fibreglass reinforced nylon ones
from Mike Dyason's. The shape is good enough for tight tyres, they
never bend or break, and they're cheap enough to have a set in every
one of your bike bags and on every mantelpiece at home ;-) :
http://tinyurl.com/ydqdz9 .

Do you have a working link?

The above tinyurl one works for me.

Try this:

http://www.mikedyason.com/productDesc.asp?session_id=dcb8c1ff37067091a0887d81dce84fe7&text_product_id=TL

Tools section:

http://www.mikedyason.com/shop.asp?session_id=a808e608f34f7305003f870936390f77&no_category=23&text_company=TOOLS

Any URL with a session ID probably won't work on another machine, or if
it does it won't last long. Removing the session_id string and other
junk results in
http://www.mikedyason.com/productDesc.asp?text_product_id=TL
which does work.

bugbear bugbear@trim_papermule.co.uk_trim said:

So - can anyone recommend effective tyre levers (mainly for
narrow-ish 700c if it makes a difference).

I've got some really cheap fibreglass reinforced plastic ones from
Halfords in the toolkit on my MTB and they're fine. The ones on the
tourer are a lot more comfortable and easy to use and they're blue
plastic Schwalbe ones.

http://www.schwalbetires.com/tire_levers_page

Chris
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Quoted message said:

bugbear said:

So - can anyone recommend effective tyre levers

Tacx levers are the dog's danglies. I notice a few recommendations for
Park levers, which I've found to be among the worst I've tried. Obviously
YMMV.

I agree, Tacx are the danglies. Even I can manage to use them!

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Quoted message said:

bugbear said:

So - can anyone recommend effective tyre levers

Tacx levers are the dog's danglies. I notice a few recommendations for
Park levers, which I've found to be among the worst I've tried. Obviously
YMMV.

--
Danny Colyer <URL:http://www.colyer.plus.com/danny/>
Reply address is valid, but that on my website is checked more often
"He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine

I confess that as an "old and bold" I always carry a good quality dining
fork and desert spoon with me on my annual camping tours. Since I was a boy
I have always found them to be a very adequate tyre lever pair and you
can't eat your pot of stew with any kind of tyre lever.
Various plastic ones that have come to hand just don't compare!

--
Trevor A Panther
In South Yorkshire,
England, United Kingdom.
www.tapan.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk

bugbear said:

So - can anyone recommend effective
tyre levers

Personally my favourite are the black fat park tool (Tl-2) ones.
http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=17&item=TL%2D2

I find it easier to get them under the bead, and lift the bead than others.

Martin.

Nigel Cliffe said:

I really like the SpeedLever*. Several friends have watched amazed as it
zips a tyre on or off a wheel, and then bought one themselves. Works down
to at least a 700x25mm tyre, and has heaved several very tight examples
over rims when ordinary levers were not working.

Does need a little care in where you push, or they look like they will
snap, though mine hasn't broken and is best part of a decade old.

(* about a fiver from Halfords, I think its under the Crank Bros name
these days, though mine is much older).

Seconded.

Mine is an ~8 year old Crank Brothers version, but more recently those
I've bought as presents for friends have been in Raleigh packaging. It
works fine on my assortment of 16", 17", 20" and 26" tyres.

Mike