yes I can use my thumbs for most tyres, but my 5.1's are a bugger and in the cold and wet of a ride, tyre levers would just make life easier.

Anyway my Soma's one have cracked the plastic at the ends so the metal core is showing & potentially going to damage my inner tube.

Parks ones seem to be rated he most likely to break using the limit STW search, and I'm not keen on using fully metal ones like the Intense or Lezyne ones.

So tell me I'm, wrong and should be using one of the above or recommend another set.

I really rate my Pedro's ones. They are brightly coloured and seem to do the trick for some pretty problematic tyres. Plastic only though so I'm not sure what they'd be like for really aggressively stuck tyres…

does it matter? as long as its some sort of lever that takes it off ;p

I've snapped a few tyre levers on a 5.1 – it really is a c_nt of a rim. I've got the technique down now, and don't think it really matters what levers you use – used all sorts.

I'd like to see the man who can take a tyre off a 5.1 with just his hands – you'd need thumbs like an orangutan.

I really rate my Pedro's ones. They are brightly coloured and seem to do the trick for some pretty problematic tyres. Plastic only though so I'm not sure what they'd be like for really aggressively stuck tyres…

I really rated my Pedro's ones as well, til I snapped one in the weekend. Wire beaded DH tyre though, so I'm going to forgive them, and get another pair.

Have you tried the Crank Brothers Speed Lever.
Hasn't failed me yet.

chris_mbuk – Member
does it matter? as long as its some sort of lever that takes it off ;p

What kind of comment is that? Do you understand what this forum is about?
I bent my original halfords platic ones (years ago), and broken my Soma one's, so now I want a recommendation for something better than that..

z1ppy – Member

chris_mbuk – Member
does it matter? as long as its some sort of lever that takes it off ;p

What kind of comment is that? Do you understand what this forum is about?
I bent my original halfords platic ones (years ago), and broken my Soma one's, so now I want a recommendation for something better than that..

Think he was just joking…. lighten up fella

I would definately go for the Pedros levers which worked fine on my 5.1 rims.

I have now changed to Flow rims now that don't need so much grunting !!

I still prefer Soma's myself although have also chipped the end off one.

Pedros for me, or else plastic ones with steel cores.

Pedro's seem to be winning.

Pedro's….(again!)

Pedros here too. I've had mine for ages and I haven't had a tyre yet they couldn't handle.

Also used by my LBS.

park / pedros

Pedros for portable, if you want some manly efforts though, there are some good ones on ebay; I have two aluminium ones that are about 30cm long. Might be for cars, not sure, but sure are man tools.

pedros here, made owning 5.1s much less of a fight.

Def Pedros. Or thumbs in the shop doing puncture repairs.

We have stopped selling Parks due to snappage.

ive never broken a tyre lever in 3 years of riding z!ppy just thought it was a strange question to ask 🙂

Bend one of your spoons like the good old days!

I have a pair of Lezyne alloy tyre levers, in a neaprene sleve very nice

and I can use them to remove tyres