Best tyre leavers and owt else?
 

hi

Has anyone git any links for some good tyre levers n any other on the trail repair, fettling stuff.



Need change me tyres to me new off roadies, n not a f'ing clue

Cheers

Dave


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Adventure Spec http://www.adventure-spec.com/defaul...yre-tools.html
They have some tyre levers with a ring spanner at one end - thinking of trying
these myself

These are Motion Pro T6 aluminium ones and I have these.

Not used them yet but they are super light for carrying and if you get the correct sizes they will do your axle nuts as well. They have sizes fromm 22m to 32mm I think.

Other s recommend Buzzetti tyre levers with a narrower tip and longer handles but they are steel and not as light.

I have asked similar questions before and it turns out to be a very personal choice of what is "best". What suits one, won't suit the next.

This is what I have bought to do my tyre changes on the trail:

1. Tyre levers (3 various sizes)
2. Rim shields
3. Bead Breaker (XTZ rims are apparently a barsteward to get tyres off. Gonna try it to see if it works - expensive though)

Adventure Spec also do the Buzzetti levers in two different lengths, see them and all their other tyre tools here.

There are some good videos on You Tube if you have never done any tyre changes before. Look for the pros doing motocross tyres, they make it look a doddle!!

I have one of the motionPro levers , costs a bloody fortune for what it is but got it because it does 2 jobs and i only have to carry 2 of these
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RFX-TYRE-L...item4d01fbbf28

Maybe i'm a bit of a rough arse but changed plenty of tyres/tubes in the dirt, even did one in a sand storm with just levers and knees and to be honest you really only need 2 levers , it all in the way you do it !!!

I don't fine the XT wheels any harder than others but find a marked differance in tyres

A "Bead Breaker" can be usefull but not nessesary , if you're on your own "Brut forse and ignorance " and if you have a buddy , use his side stand .

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D...o/IMG_2475.JPG

By the way , carry an ugly stick now !!!
http://i519.photobucket.com/albums/u...s/DSCF3085.jpg
Phil

Wtf is an ugly stick haha

Ive bought the rfx? Ones,



Does a bead breaker also double as a rim protector?



Cheers





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It takes the place of that mother lump of concrete :pjrflash_Q2CCBE:

Got hit by one when I was born :022:

3x bog standard 240mm Buzzetti levers is all I ever carry, although as has been mentioned, two is often all that is necessary. For rim protectors, I use cut up bits of old milk carton (have bought proper ones in the past, but kept leaving them behind and losing them!)

I'd also agree with Phil that the tyres on the Z are no harder to change than on any other similar bike. Yes, the rear rim is a tubeless type rim, with an inner lip to overcome, but practice and finding the "knack" is all that's needed. The brand of tyre makes a big difference though (depending on how stiff the carcass is.) TKCs for example are soft and very easy to change, but more road-bias tyres (particularly radial rears) tend to be more stubborn when it comes to breaking the bead.

Given that the rims are aluminium, does that mean the rims would be more prone to damage if harder steel levers were to be used?

Bead Breakers and Tyre Levers
 

The Beadmaster is what I use,

You will need a BEADMASTER if you need to repair a puncture on a Mitas E07 or a Mitas E09
The one end is the Beadbreaker and the oyher a Tyre Lever.

http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p...ps9a132656.jpg

�53 for a set incl. Postage to the UK

Watch the Video Clip below how easy it is ?

http://youtu.be/RWH3PRgjOKM

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