good tyre levers?

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

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.

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....&productid=419

BugBear

bugbear wrote:

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 wrote:
bugbear wrote:

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:

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.

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sothach wrote:

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

The best ones IME are stimson (sp?)

Simson

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....&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:

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?

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Paul Boyd wrote:

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/productDes..._product_id=TL

Tools section:

http://www.mikedyason.com/shop.asp?s..._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.