BBB Cycling Bike Bicycles BTL-78 Easy Tire Tool, black, 2.977.457.801

It just does the job! I had tried all the tips and suggestions I could find (warm tyre with hairdryer, washing up liquid to lubricate, centring tyre in wheel well, pushing on with my thumbs, pulling on with my fingers, tyre levers) and had broken two tyre levers and nipped and punctured a tube. With this tool within five minutes both tyres were fitted for the ultra tight last part of the clincher tyres. Highly recommend. This tool works and it is not about using force at all but careful application. Right tool for the job. Worth it. Sad to say maybe but made my day!

A useful piece of kit for those particularly challenging clinchers. Surprisingly comfortable on the hands and easy to use. Grips beads well to lift up to offer to the rim and rolls off carefully. Used on tubelrss tyres and rims with no problems. A great price at well under a tenner - seen similar for double the price, which don't look as sturdy.

Yes its a good tool. Pulls up very strongly on the rim of the tyre while pressing down on the opposite rim of the wheel.Note that it can cause a bit of a twist in the wheel rim when fitting very tight tyres.

Theres nothing that will make you feel more like a useless waste of space than struggling to put a tire onto a bicycle wheel for 2 hours...-----------------------------------------------------------------Bathed in the paranoia that I'll pinch the tube and ruin my freshly patched tire, with the clock ticking away and the daylight fading; I wonder whether I should just give up trying to put this accursed tire on the wheel and get my dad to do it for me again. A horrible vision of him putting the tire on within 2 minutes then smugly proclaiming 'you are not a Jedi yet', sends shivers down my spine.These thoughts irk me deeply. If I can't put a bloody bicycle tire on, how can I ever do ANYTHING mechanical at all? Maintain and service my own vehicles? Save money on DIY around the house?? The doubt sets in and I wonder if I'll ever develop any mechanical sympathy at all. Am I destined to be a pathetic keyboard tapping office-worker all my life, becoming instantly queasy at the mere suggestion of any activity involving screwdrivers, spanners or torque wrenches?NO I screamed to myself in the kitchen, my purple chinos covered in dirt from the unwashed bicycle. This won't do! There must be a better way! I'm simply not using the right TOOLS!!!After a few minutes of googling I found the "BBB Cycling EasyTire Tire Changing Tool" on Amazon. My usual qualms about buying the random unbranded flimsy crap that the hellhole of Amazon is unfortunately swamped with were temporarily forgotten. Such are the actions of a man in desperation...A day passed and the tool was delivered. The cardboard box at the back door was a ray of hope. I hastily tore the box to shreds and removed the sacred bead tool. After a minute or two of messing about with the tire I reached that dreaded point. The last few inches of bead remained! Tentatively at first, then with increasing zeal; I squeezed the bead bit by bit back onto the tire using the "BBB Cycling EasyTire Tire Changing Tool". Within 30 seconds, the task was completed. I stared dumbfounded at the £8.88 piece of plastic on the table. It was a miracle. A christmas miracle. From that point on my life was irrevocably changed... Forever... Hallelujah.-----------------------------------------------------------------Yeah cracking tool 10/10 would recommend worked a treat on my roadbike tires.

They do work ok but they are not very robust and I suspect that they would break if the tyre offers a great deal of resistance. Time will tell.

I've been really struggling to get super tight Continental and Michelin road tyres onto my carbon rims, I simply couldn't do it with hands or levers and had given up. This helped me do it within a few minutes, I really recommend it.

Using this makes that last bit of trying to get the tyre onto the rim easier. It requires less effort than using tyre levers, and much less chance of skinned fingers if something slips.It isn't foolproof, and I've still needed to apply a fair amount of force to get some awkward tyres to seat properly

If you have tubeless, hooked tyres, I have 30mm Continental GPs, this tool will save you so much effort over using levers.I don’t know about hookless but I do know that hooked tyres have stronger side walls. This is how they can run lower pressures and also help when flat if you’re that unlucky.The thickened wall also makes them immensely hard to get onto the tubeless ready rim.This tool from BBB is incredible. I was able to put my tyre back on in seconds and without the exertion I previously had to endure before it arrived.Great, value for money, quality tool. I think it’s essential for my bike setup.