Tru-Tension | Tyre Monkey | Tyre Lever | Bicycle Tools & Accessories

I usually struggle a lot with anything related to bike maintenance, and changing tires used to be such a frustrating task. But this tool made the process so much easier! I managed to change my tire quickly and without the usual stress. If you're someone who finds bike things confusing or overwhelming, this tool is totally worth it. Super grateful I found it!

Took a while to get the hand of it, but after a couple of tyres I got the hang of it. Found it much easier to use than my other levers.

15 secs to take off and 15 secs to put on. It really is that easy and simple.

This is an efficient tool for the job. Very sturdy and easy to hold. Very pleased.P

The product broke on first useI have been changing tyres for 40 years and am very good at itNot convinced by this product as it does not allow sufficient flexibility in the method of use to deal with all combinations of tyres and wheels

So, another tyre fitting gizmo, hoping to improve upon the humble tyre lever. I have a draw full of such things - and none has yet succeeeded in this seemingly simple task. But this one does come close - and with some thoughtful improved design could actually work. My experience is with tubeless mountain bike tyres, which may be at the harder end of the tyre fitting spectrum.Taking off - design fault 1 - not quite long enough (both in the lip to get under the bead - and in overall length to provide leverage) to get under the bead, so needed a well designed tyre lever (personal favourite muc-off rim stix - nice thin end to get under bead, but chunky and long enough to lever bead off) to make enough room to get the gizmo under the bead and start unseating the tyre over the rim. Without the extra tyre lever in play, you can't actually get the bead over the lip far enough for it to remain there - just pings back in behind the gizmo. With extra tyre lever locked onto a spoke, gizmo starts to unseat the tyre.... until tension rises in the bead as you stretch it over the edge of the rim - and you come to a juddering , knuckle grazing halt. Note here that I am very careful to move the entire bead of the tyre into the 'gulley' in the centre of the rim before starting this process, to keep bead tension to a minimum - this is error no 1 in most tubless tyre fitting issues. Here is design fault no 2 - the gizmo is too short to hold firmly enough with your whole hand to push hard enough to get past the sticking point (note - muc-off rim stix size would be about right dimensions). Why is this tyre lever gizmo so small? No-ones hands are this small. Daft design decision. Make it bigger, it's only a few pence worth of plastic!!Design fault no 3 - when you have levered the bead off, the angle of the bead hook to the main lever you are holding is too low, and your knuckles are grated by the spokes. Increase the angle so pressure can be applied to the body of the lever while the hook is under the bead without losing your knuckles.But if you can get enough pressure on, with the extra tyre lever in place - bingo, off comes the tyre. The principle of the gizmo is good - the design execution, not so much.Getting the tyre back on - actually really only one design flaw here - it does do a good job of pushing the trye over the edge onto the rim and keeping tension on the tyre bead while you do it, so the edge behind the gizmo is not falling off (which is what tends to happen when doing this manually). However, the same design fault (no 2) as pertains to removing the trye in terms of it being too short and too small to apply enough pressure also holds here - when you get to the last 6-8 inches of tyre bead, tension reaches a maximum and it is nigh on impossible to apply anough pressure with the measly dimsenion of the gizmo to complete the task. But with enough effort, it does pop on. Just make the damn thing bigger!!! You are charging an outrageous £10 for this small piece of palstic - making it 50% bigger (and angling the handle to the bead removal hook) will still leave you with a very reasonable profit margin!

Getting a tire off I didn't find much difference between this and traditional levers, but getting it on was a fair bit easier to be fair. Some of the plastic lips on it, look like they might not hold up long term vs. traditional tire levers. But would say it isn't the gimmick I maybe expected it to be. Good bit of kit overall

Arrived very quickly good strong quality and cleverly designed. Bright and compact. Not used yet but the concept is clever.