boardman slr 8.6 tyre

[Mick54]

Can anyone advise on removing a punctured slr tyre,i cant get it off anyway shape or form with standard levers

 

[vickster]

Get one of these?
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/var-tyre-levers/
or take to bike shop?

 

[Mick54]

Get one of these?
https://www.sjscycles.co.uk/tools/var-tyre-levers/
or take to bike shop?

Thank you,just ordered some,so fingers crossed

 

[vickster]

Maybe you could try heating the tyre with a hairdryer to make it more supple? Unless you’re ok to wait a week for delivery?

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

I'll use a couple of sturdy stainless steel dessert spoons out of the cutlery drawer, if I need to dismount a stubborn tyre that the cheap plastic puncture kit type of tyre levers is struggling to remove. The only downside is improvised levers tend to launch themselves if you don't keep hold of them properly.

 

[Gunk]

I'll use a couple of sturdy stainless steel dessert spoons out of the cutlery drawer, if I need to dismount a stubborn tyre that the cheap plastic puncture kit type of tyre levers is struggling to remove. The only downside is improvised levers tend to launch themselves if you don't keep hold of them properly.

When we were kids our cutlery drawer was full of bent teaspoons

 

[SkipdiverJohn]

When we were kids our cutlery draw was full of bent teaspoons

After getting the odd thick ear for bending them, I soon learned to use the largest, sturdiest ones in the drawer and return them before my mum realised what I'd been using them for. I've now got a couple of odd ones that I've picked up from somewhere (likely dumped) that I've cut the spoon end off and just use them as levers.