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Smart Lever Tyre Tool
£22.50
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Product Description
Smart 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." Don't waste time at the roadside - Smart Lever innovations make removing and fitting tight bicycle tyres quicker and easier than ever before. Much more effective than bicycle tyre levers. No more struggling with difficult tyres, no more sore thumbs - Smart Lever can fit even the most stubborn tyres.
Smart Lever fits a tyre by lifting the tire bead (the edge) up from the inside whilst pushing the bicycle tyre over the rim. Once placed on the bike wheel rim edge, simply pushing Smart Lever around the wheel is enough to install most tires. But if the tyre is too tight for the user, the Smart Lever shoe will already 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 fitted!
Removing a tyre could not be simpler - lever the tyre bead over the wheel rim just like conventional bicycle tyre levers (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. Repeat until you can push Smart Lever easily around the whole wheel to remove the tyre.
Smart Lever removes and installs tyres considerably faster and more easily then bicycle tyre levers.
Smart Lever is also designed to fit in most seat packs. Please note this is a right-handed tool, the left-handed version is not yet available.
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. This connects to the Smart Lever handle and clamps your tyre, so the bead can be levered away from the sidewall. It even has an integrated Valve Core Remover. Click here for Bead Lever.
British ingenuity and quality - designed and manufactured in England with a stainless-steel handle and replaceable articulated composite parts used where the tool touches your wheel rims.
Tyres with tubes
Tubeless Tyres
Clincher Tyres
Hooked / Crotched Rims
Hookless Rims
All rim edge widths
Size:
- 140mm long
- 23mm depth
- 57mm width at widest point
Delivery & Returns
DELIVERY
- UK Royal Mail 24 (1-3 days): £3.95
- UK Royal Mail 48 (2-4 days): £3.15
- Europe tracked (3-5 days): £9.95
- USA tracked (5-7 days): £9.95
- Rest of world (5-7 days): £10.95
RETURNS
If our instructions are followed, we know you are going to be absolutely delighted with Smart Lever and Bead Lever. But if, for whatever reason, you are not completely happy – we allow 28 days to return unused items for a refund. Just let us know within 14 days of receiving your Smart Lever product that you want to cancel and return your item(s), and you have another 14 days to return them to us. Please see our returns policy HERE.
Instructions
Fit a Tyre
CLICK HERE FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS
Smart Lever makes it easy to fit tight tyres but you need to know how first because it doesn’t work like any other tool. We strongly recommend the instructions link above as it shows which way you are pushing or moving the tool, which is more difficult to see with videos. Here is a summary:
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 (not necessary if your rims are hookless), place the shoe over the rim edge a few spokes back from the valve and swing the handle around 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) - keep the roller under the tyre on the outside and do not apply upward pressure on the tyre edge with the roller at this stage.
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 back around the wheel from Smart Lever around to the opposite tyre cross-over point 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, repeat the above until the installed part of the tyre bead is fully in the central channel of the rim.
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 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.
Remove a Tyre
CLICK HERE FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS
Smart Lever makes it easy to remove tight tyres but you need to know how first because it doesn’t work like any other tool. We strongly recommend the instructions link above as it shows which way you are pushing or moving the tool, which is more difficult to see with videos. Here is a summary:
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 Bead Lever Max.
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 just until the tool is horizontal then pull outwards carefully with the short handle, to position the tyre near the rim edge and 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 Max
CLICK HERE FOR FULL INSTRUCTIONS
For previous Bead Lever with purple parts see instructions here and for original Bead Lever that connected to Smart Lever click here.
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 even in the smallest seat packs.
Slide the bolt up to open wide, place over the tyre with the support on one edge of the rim and the jaw pressing against the tyre on the other, then flip the bolt down and 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.