After breaking another tyre lever swapping my schwalbe winter marathons with marathon plus now the ice has cleared, I picked up some tyre pliers
I'd spent 20 minutes wrestling the thing before breaking the tyre lever. 30 seconds after trying this for the first time the job was done. If only I had known these existed years ago...
hmmm
Yup. Always carry my Kool Tool with me. Makes life so simple.
Flushcut pliers and Knipex pliers FTW.
Starfangled nut installer.
Screw on
Slide on
Thunk
Unscrew.
Back in the draw in under a minute.
Starfangled nut installer.
Definitely up there in the "most satisfying tool" stakes (fnarr fnarr).
Got an impact driver last year, that was bloody enjoyable too.
Pedros tyre levers - nothing defeats them.
Fine i'll play the tyre lever game.
The flat blue schwalbe tyre lever and better than any other tyre lever i've used including a pedros.
I have a cool tool it definitely works but its basically for wimps and the infirm.
Had one of these in the backpak for years. Never defeated.
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/koolstop-tyre-mate/
Pedros tyre levers – nothing defeats them.
I have killed a set. Not managed to kill my Maxxis levers yet though.
I have killed a Pedro lever too trying to fit a super gravity Mary to an Enve M70.
Park TL5C tyre levers.
Long, strong and gets anything on.
I've killed a pedros lever but only one. Had them for about 15 years now. We used them in the shop I used to work is as they were cheap, reliable and didn't damage rims or tyres.
I’d forgotten about this until last night’s risotto. Cleans your hands of the garlic smell too.
This (" hmmm" ) Never broken a tyre lever or struggled for twenty minuites with any tyre. Even if it had broken they are common so just get a spare or use a spoon handle.
So do these aid taking the tyre off or prising it on? I've had some problems with a bead I can't shift. Nightmare thumbs.
Would they work okay with MTB tyres of a decent width? 2.2 etc.
Never had that much of a problem fitting tyres (although that probably means I've never had the evil combination that others have had!) but if I had to recommend one tool that relatively few people have, but that everyone should have it would be a hanger alignment tool. Gets used surprisingly frequently (especially as my son keeps bending bloody hangers at the moment!) but it's surprising how many gear indexing problems are caused by mech alignment rather than cables or adjustment. It's now become the first tool that I use when a bike appears with poor quality shifting.
That, and a decent (i.e. posh!) set of hex keys, as they are unquestionably the most commonly used tool in the workshop.
Big massive hammer, fixes or breaks everything
Ooh I like that garlic crusher. I'm having one of those. The other day I had to admit defeat with some very tight pedals and finally but a pukka pedal wrench. Well that simplified things!
No.8 How they can make them for £10 I just don't know