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Tyres with tubes- Tubeless Tyres
- Clincher Tyres
- Hooked / Crotched Rims
- Hookless Rims
- All rim edge widths
- Optional Bead LeverSeparates stuck bead to remove a tubeless tyre
- Optional Bead LeverFolds to fit in the smallest seat packs
Rated 4.5/5 by Bike Radar and 'Next Level' by Cycling UK - Smart Lever is the ideal Christmas Gift for cyclists.
Fit and remove tight bicycle tyres without grimy hands and sore thumbs.
Inventor, Mark Searles set out to solve the problem after finding it almost impossible to re-fit a tyre after a puncture. Whilst discussing the issue with male and female cyclist friends, Mark soon discovered how common difficult, hard to fit tyres are now - none of the portable tools, products or the best bicycle tyre levers available could fit and seat the tightest tyres easily and none provided a complete solution for both removing and fitting tighter tyres. Recent products tend to rely on locking to the rim's hook feature then pushing the tyre over, this works well when tyres are loose, but the friction becomes overwhelming with a tight tyre.
A new innovation was needed, a proper tool with replaceable articulated parts to provide the mechanical advantage necessary to overcome even the tightest tyres. A tool which is also simple to use and small enough to fit in a seat pack for roadside puncture repairs.
The solution required a completely new approach. To fit / seat a tyre Smart Lever lifts up the tyre bead (the edge) from the inside whilst pushing the tyre over the rim. Once placed over the rim edge, simply pushing Smart Lever around the wheel is enough for seating most tyres.
But if the tyre is too tight for the user to install, the Smart Lever shoe will be firmly held under the tyre bead and becomes a pivot to lever the tyre up from the outside too. Just lever up, then push forward repeatedly. By this method - lifting from inside and out whilst pushing over, even tyres that seem impossibly tight can be seated (the video clips show one of the tightest tyres available).
Removing a tyre could not be simpler - lever the tyre bead over the wheel rim just like a conventional bicycle tyre lever (but with the advantage of the stronger stainless-steel handle).
Then rotate the handle a quarter turn and now you can lever the tyre against the outside of the rim too. Just push the handle in towards the wheel and back twice then push forward a little. For really tight tyres - repeat with small movements forwards until you can push Smart Lever easily around the whole wheel to remove the tyre.
If your tyres get stuck against the wheel rim sidewall with tubeless sealant or because your rim has a bead seating rebate, then you need our optional Bead Lever - a must for tubeless tire removal. This can connect to the Smart Lever handle if extra leverage is needed.
The Bead Lever bead breaker clamps around your bicycle tyre and pulls a stuck tyre bead away from the wheel rim sidewall.
The black Nylon Support has a notch at the bottom to sit on the edge of the wheel rim sidewall as the clamp straddles the tire.
With the black Nylon support in place and the coloured jaw pressing against the tyre on the other side (just above the rim) - wind the Allen Key clockwise to force the tyre away from the opposite side.
If the tyre does not separate - tighten the clamp then pull Bead Lever over the supported side of the rim as shown below.
British ingenuity and quality - designed and manufactured in England from stainless-steel with replaceable articulated composite parts to protect your wheel rims. mart Lever is the new bike tire tool rated 'next level' by Cycling UK, Bike Radar score 4.5/5 stars and say "It's a clever gadget that harnesses great design to make an otherwise frustrating job as quick and easy as possible. It's British and quality is evident."
Patent pending.
So now when you get a puncture - don’t get the car - get a Smart Lever! Makes light work of tight tyres.
Patents Pending: EP24162630.8 US18/942,979
Instructions
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Smart Lever makes it easy to fit tight tyres. It's easy when you know how - the video and summary below give a quick start, but if you need to fit a difficult tyre we recommend seeing the full instructions PDF above before first use. Short summary below:
Place one edge of the tyre, known as the bead, onto the rim - if this proves difficult then use Smart Lever to install the first edge in the same way as described below for the second. If you have an inner tube, pump in just enough air to give it shape, then push the valve through its hole and go around the rim pushing the inner tube over so that it is sitting inside the rim and not between the tyre and outer rim wall.
Now rotate the Smart Lever shoe so it is pointing back away from the long handle, place the shoe over the rim edge a few spokes back from the valve and swing the handle around half a turn until the roller is just below the edge of the tyre. Holding the wheel with one hand, push with the other against the thumb press so that the shoe slides around the rim under the tyre bead (lifting from the inside) and the roller stays under the tyre on the outside.
If the tyre falls off at the opposite cross over point - simply hold that area with your free hand. When you cannot push further with your thumb, go around the wheel from the opposite tyre cross-over point right back to Smart Lever, ensuring that the tyre bead is in the rim’s central channel. You will find you can now advance further with the thumb press. If the tyre cannot be pushed fully on, go around a second time to ensure the bead is fully in the central channel.
If the tyre is still too tight to fully install by pushing forward, the Smart Lever shoe will now be firmly wedged under the tyre bead, allowing you to push the lower part of the handle to lever the tyre up from the outside with the lifting roller. Each time you lever up, the shoe pulls more of the tyre over so you can advance a little further with the thumb press. By repeatedly levering up and pushing forward, it should be possible to fully seat even the tightest tyres.
How to remove a tight Bike Tyre
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Smart Lever makes it easy to remove tight tyres. It's easy when you know how - the video and summary below give a quick start, but if you need to remove a difficult tyre we recommend seeing the full instructions PDF above before first use. Short summary below:
First, release any remaining air, then try to push the tyre away from the side wall of the wheel rim. In most cases, the tyre edge (known as the bead) will move away without difficulty, but this can be extremely difficult with some tubeless tyres or where the rim has a bead seating rebate. If you cannot move the tyre bead away by hand, then you need the optional Bead Lever.
With the tyre bead positioned in the central channel of the rim all the way round and the Smart Lever hook turned in line with the handle, choose a loose section of tyre opposite the valve and carefully hook just under the edge of the bead. Lever a little whilst pulling outwards with the short handle, to avoid hooking the tube (if you have one), then lever right down over the edge of the rim.
Now turn the handle at a right angle to the hook, grip the wheel with one hand and push the handle with the other to see if the hook can be pushed along under the tyre for easy removal. If the tyre is too tight, then push the Smart Lever handle firmly in towards the wheel a couple of times and return before pushing forward a little again with the hook flat to the rim side wall. Repeat until the hook moves easily under the tyre, removing all the way round.
If the hook will not move forward, it may be that the inner tube is caught – so pull the hook a little further out from under the tyre and try again.
Bead Lever
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Bead Lever makes it easy to remove stuck tubeless tyres by detaching the bead from the rim.
The Bead Lever bead breaker tool folds to such a small size that it should fit in even in the smallest seat packs.
Slide the bolt up to open wide, place over the tyre with the black support on one edge and the coloured jaw pressing against the tyre on the other, push the bolt into place then wind clockwise to pull the stuck tyre away from the rim sidewall. For stubborn or narrow tyres - tighten first then lever over sideways on the supported side to separate.
If you have a Smart Lever - you can attach the Smart Lever handle to Bead Lever with the supplied wing nut for extra leverage.