I got a puncture today on the way in. Not a drama, easy to fix.

The puncture is on my Brompton, my little foldable friend. Or so I thought.

The tyre came off the wheel with a little bit of a struggle, but off it came. Offending pieces of flint & glass were removed and the tube extracted & patched.

No to just pop the tyre back on.

Oh you little F*&£$%£ How Bas£4rd tight are you? I only have plastic tyre levers here and if I carry only I’ll be picking bits of plastic out of the walls and my face.

How the F$%& are these bloody things supposed to get back on the rim. I guess there’s a knack, and I don’t have it for diddy wheels.

I think I’ll be popping out to get a ‘proper’ tyre lever later.

Arse

Try this:

http://www.bikemagic.com/news/article/mps/uan/3263

Usually you shouldn’t need levers to put on most tyres, except downhill ones.

Joe

Well, yes I know all that and don’t usually have any problem with tyres, but these ickle Brompton ones are a right pain

check out the crank brothers tyre lever. It has a special hooky bit for putting tyres on. I know real men use their thumbs but with this tool it is no effort and takes seconds.

I have a crank Brothers tyre lever.

It’s in my Camelbak

Which is at home :cry:?