Crankbrothers Slider Tire Lever Kit Review – Tire Levers with a Touch of Magic?

A small revolution in bike tire mounting? Anyone who wrestles a mountain bike tire on one edge with downhill casing knows how much it is trying – and often swearing too much! To end the depression, crankbrothers make their slider tire lever kit easily marketed as a tool for tire installation. But do these € 10 tire lines really deliver? We put them on the test to learn!

„” Don’t fight it, slide, slide it “. Tire levers and four tire sliders: two gray for rims with rims and thin sidewalls with thick sidewalls.

Abracadabra Tire Levers – Crankbrothers Slider Tire Liver Kit test

Crankbrothers Slider Tire Liver Kit has been placed not only in our Winter Tire comparison test for the enduro through its paces, but also with many road bikes for Gran Fonda magazine. Our workshop master Thomas Slider kit a real endurance test – and he was impressed:

With these, it has four hands, and the tires will definitely slip on the edge. There is a must for any workshop.

Sliders aside, the tire lever set does not differ much from the standard tire lever kit. Two plastic levers are comfortably snaped together, with two cutouts in the center to suit the tire sliders. Last package highlight size – good and compact. At 118 mm long, the frame storage compartment or tool strap provides enough leverage to tame very stubborn tires when taking the minimum space in the tool strap.

When you hear the terrible His and suddenly losing grip on the sidewalk, you start praying that you still have a spare inner tube in your hipbag-and when you answer the prayers, it’s time to work. Livers sit in your hand ergonomically, and the strong plastic material feels that the Dy dy is structured. This makes it easy to lay the tire from the edge without lever bending. For uphill casing and hard rubber compound, especially for stubborn tires, hooks in the back of the levers come into effect. They allow you to hook a liver to the spokes when working with the second liver to continue the job.

When mounting the tire, the whole process is the same, except when you use tire sliders. These are placed on the rim wall and prevent the tire from sliding from the opposite rim bed – like a magical extra pair of hands! As the name suggests, sliders can also be moved along the rim, reducing the section of the tire to the edge. With a final lever pull, the tire is stolen safely. It is very satisfactory to save a lot of efforts and depression.

To prevent damage to the rim tape with tubeless setups or to puncture the inner tube, the tips of the tire levers are a little rounded – you should struggle to damage the tape. In addition, plastic levers are completely safe to use on carbon rims without risking any damage.

The only trouble? Color! If one of the levers falls into the grass, the black color makes it very difficult to find them – this is not the case with the bright orange and pink or yellow meetings of Maxis.
Long -term testing: After four months of intensive use, tire levers no longer look new. However, there is no doubt that they are still with a reliable workshop in the coming years. In addition, crankbrothers offer a 5-year warranty-or a lifetime warranty if you enter your crankbrothers account.

Conclusions About Crankbrothers Slider Tire Liver Kit

Tires off, tires – crankbrothers slider tire lever kit tire changes almost to the magical way. Tire sliders make the mounting significantly facilitated and actually served as an additional pair of hands. Even after four months of testing, the levers show the minimum signs of the dress, proving their durability and solid structure. Overall, this set is worth investing, especially if you are looking to preserve yourself some frustration – just at € 10, it’s a well -spent money!

Tops

• Tire sliders act as an additional pair of hands
• Durable and view

Flaps

• That additional pair of hands can only help mounting
• Only available in black color

You can get more information crankbrother.com.

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Words: Robin Ulbrich Photos: Julian Sweden