[Closed] 6 more snapped tyre levers... wtf!

Some tyre/rim interfaces can cause more stress and anxiety than divorce! They aren't really practical to carry with you on trail rides but Park make some excellent steel tyre levers that will lever anything tyre off any rim. Mostly they're aimed at DH tyres/rims but they're always useful to have in your tool box.

I snapped 6 park plastic ones yesterday...

i've got some (cheap) metal ones in the shed, I might try those, but i'm just worried that i'm going to damage my rims.

i have snapped a fair few in the past, these days i use plastic-coated metal ones, they seem pretty durable. got them from cycle surgery. they have dealt with some pretty stubborn tyre-rim combos.

Have a look at the bright yellow Michelin Levers!

I have the blue Schwalbe ones - they ought to have snapped by now the amount of bending moment I've put into them at times but they've held up perfectly.

Speed Lever?

I managed 5 levers on my front wheel friday night, f-ing & blinding in the garden, i'm sure all the neighbours were craking up, even managed to cover the new tyre in blood. Just gone tubeless with stans as last sunday with 6 thorn punctures drove me insane. I really hope it was worth 2 hours and 5 levers for one wheel... 😆

Cheapo metal ones, wrapped in insulating tape to avoid scratching the rims. Works every time.

I bought some Maxxis tyre levers they have been good have broken a few of the blue park ones though.

ime, park levers are bloody dangerous - no bend, just snap.
use with extreme caution !

I use some Pedro levers as recommended by a mechanic in Leisure Lakes of all places, he actually gave me a pair as i swore that the Parks ones were better, i went back with biscuits as an apology as the Pedro ones are great IMO

the_lecht_rocks agree with that mine just snapped and being underload can great shards of plastic, I won't use the Park one's anymore for that reason.

I use some Pedro levers as recommended by a mechanic in Leisure Lakes of all places, he actually gave me a pair as i swore that the Parks ones were better, i went back with biscuits as an apology as the Pedro ones are great IMO

I still have a pair of Pedros Milk Levers (made from recycled milk bottles) that I got given at the Olympia Bike Expo in 1994. Still going strong after 15 years! Beat that for good product design and longevity.

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The cheap lifeline ones are good... You can snap them but you always feel it coming. If you're a serial breaker, get metal-cored ones, they're the best of both worlds.

Pedros here as well excellent mine are corporate Yellow

Are you making sure you've broken the bead all the way around the tyre before using the tyre levers. Do that and you can remove most tyres without even using tyre levers.

Tyre levers!? didnt think anyone still used them since the invention of folding tyres

Another Pedros Milk owner here. I'm sure I got mine free with a magazine. Was it really 1994?

Yup (are we showing our age?!)

Met Jason McRoy, Jo Burt, and watched the riders do their stuff on the MBUK half pipe.

Pedros here too, not milk but new ones.
Some tyre/rim combos just aren't meant to be.

Spesh99 - Member

Are you making sure you've broken the bead all the way around the tyre before using the tyre levers. Do that and you can remove most tyres without even using tyre levers.

what do you mean about breaking the bead? Don't you need to get the lever under the bead to pop it off the rim?

btw, I managed to get the tyre off, using some cheapo metal ones I had in the shed..

The Kenda Nevagal/Blue Grooves that I put back on, I managed to do those by hand!!

By breaking the bead you push the bead away from it's seat on the rim into the center well of the rim on both sides. Then working from the valve you push the tyre away from you on each side towards the opposite side so you get as much slack as possible into the tyre, then get your lever under the bead and hook it over the rim, locking the lever under a spoke. Then you can get another lever under the bead and slide it along the rim, easing the bead over the rim.

following countzero's advice up to the point he suggest using a level, you can get most tyres off my hand, swapped 3 tyres round this afternoon using that technic - couldn't be arsed to get the tyre levers out of the house (being brave and swapping winter tyres out)).
Though I have some metal cored Soma levers for my DT 5.1 rims!

ah, if that's breaking the bead, then yes. I did that.

the bead was just so tight that I could only get one lever under the bead, but couldn't pop it over the lip..

In the end brute force and metal levers did the job!

I think it was just incompatible rims and tyres... Which is a shame as I was enjoying them..

Another one for the pedros levers here! Couldn't get my tyres off for jack before but had a go with my mates and they just popped off!

Cheapo Wilkos ones are pretty good.

Cheapo Wilkos ones are pretty good.

I use cheap levers that come with patching kits and they work fine, but then I know how to take a tyre off. 😉