Best tire spoons?

[rob feature]

Park nylon levers. If you need steel, you're doin it wrong and might just kill your rim or tire.

 

[m@Robertson]

As always with the internet, its easy to type things.

 

[kevinmccune]

What tires require levers, the steel-beaded ones? Been lucky so far can change most fatties and regular ones without levers,the el cheapo plastic ones seem to work alright when unseating the beads, when I was a kid I always ruined the innertubes on the old American bikes with screwdrivers. Got so bad one time tried to wad up newspapers in the tires(didn't work) when you do not have any money you will try a lot of different things.

 

[m@Robertson]

What tires require levers, the steel-beaded ones? Been lucky so far can change most fatties and regular ones without levers,the el cheapo plastic ones seem to work alright when unseating the beads, when I was a kid I always ruined the innertubes on the old American bikes with screwdrivers. Got so bad one time tried to wad up newspapers in the tires(didn't work) when you do not have any money you will try a lot of different things.

It really just depends on what you are working with. Sometimes its a different tire choice. Sometimes that particular rim is not going to go quietly. Sometimes if you decide that you want to put Tannus Armour in, thats what puts you over the edge. I have 80mm rims - my Origin8/Weinmann alloys - where the "4.9" tires (thats Chinese marketingspeak for 4.3's) almost fall off the rims by themselves when aired down. My 90mm carbon fiber rims have a deep center channel so I can get the tire back on with fingertips and a lot less finesse than is required in the vid I posted above - a little dish soap smeared on the inside of the tire bead helps. The Surly rims with no center channel are infamous no matter what you try. There is no one single answer or technique that works for everything.

 

[PCeBiker]

I found the Best tire spoon available.

It works best for breakfast. Lol

 

[fooferdoggie]

this could work for a tire too.

 

[PCeBiker]

this could work for a tire too.
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No, that would poke your tube.

The spoon is smooth and rounded. lol

 

[Rome]

this could work for a tire too.
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Does Park Tool really have it? On weekends before I go out on a leisure or recreational ride I like a bowl full of cereal with fruits.
That tool would be cool to have.

 

[PCeBiker]

That spork, along with a couple tins of sardines could go into your repair kit.

If you can't get your damn tire off, at least you'll have something to eat.

 

[fooferdoggie]

Does Park Tool really have it? On weekends before I go out on a leisure or recreational ride I like a bowl full of cereal with fruits.
That tool would be cool to have.

yep about 9.00

 

[kevinmccune]

It really just depends on what you are working with. Sometimes its a different tire choice. Sometimes that particular rim is not going to go quietly. Sometimes if you decide that you want to put Tannus Armour in, thats what puts you over the edge. I have 80mm rims - my Origin8/Weinmann alloys - where the "4.9" tires (thats Chinese marketingspeak for 4.3's) almost fall off the rims by themselves when aired down. My 90mm carbon fiber rims have a deep center channel so I can get the tire back on with fingertips and a lot less finesse than is required in the vid I posted above - a little dish soap smeared on the inside of the tire bead helps. The Surly rims with no center channel are infamous no matter what you try. There is no one single answer or technique that works for everything.

"Karate" grip help too, you are right some are easy, some are hard.