Tyre removal recommendation: finally a good tire lever

Hi,
just want to share some experience I recently had:

For years I was using TACX tire levers, i.e. those ones:

And I was always annoyed by the cumbersome function, and they ALWAYS broke. I thought this is normal, but actually I have now found these guys, made in Germany, the 'BUMM 289':

It looks like it's almost the same thing, but they work soo much easier and better than the old ones. Strong recommendation!

These are the business:-
http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=28714&gclid=COvWrPHBvbMCFXDLtAodXCMAqA

^ these are steel reinforced, which is a great idea, but a bit pricey of course.

My ones are dirt cheap: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/250979376097

Crank Brothers Speed Lever!

http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/Models.aspx?ModelID=8176&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Shopping&utm_name=UnitedKingdom

pfpfpfpfptttt

^ Haaaa.

a classic thread

https://www.lfgss.com/thread27352.html

I use my teeth.

Failing that I give Edscoble a call.

a classic thread

http://www.lfgss.com/thread27352.html

hah that thread is really great, lmao right now ... and I feel a bit stupid now about my own lever 'review'

Levers are for wombat poachers. Use your Borats.

a classic thread

https://www.lfgss.com/thread27352.html

Hey rocker, perhaps a bit basic for some of the herd but good effort.

And you've probably saved us from a future "what tyre lever?" thread so no complaints from me.

hmm, not quite

hah that thread is really great, lmao right now ... and I feel a bit stupid now about my own lever 'review'

Pedros got my recommendation, they remind me of old Michelin levers, apart from it breaking of course;

No, these are what you need.

http://www.google.co.uk/products/catalog?hl=en&q=topeak+tyre+levers&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=37643589&biw=1229&bih=794&wrapid=tlif135233080572810&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=13779141313873491339&sa=X&ei=Oe6aUK6kK8Oq0QXyjIDAAQ&ved=0CFkQ8gIwAQ

black one is metal reinforced innit.

Fuck you, this is the internet.

Go and...

Mere mortal.

The lever is mightier than the sword, and mine is bigger than yours.

The internet is mightier than the lever.

Try and crywank to that.

Done, and a good one it was too.

Go and...

Mere mortal.

Ah the good old crank. Good times.

By the way: we need someone with a steel reinforced lever to make a sacrifice and cut through it.

I doubt that the reinforcement reaches into the very end of the lever where it usually breaks.

If someone's working in a hospital: an x-ray machine will do fine as well.

Depending on the type of steel, you should be able to run a magnet along the outside to see where it's reinforced.

How do they work?

How do they work?

Magnets?

somone needs to make an automatic tyre lever machine which u can carry in your tool kit and costs 1.99