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Grant Johnson and the tyre lever
For the life of me I am unable to find the thread with the mention at the end regarding a quality set of tyre levers suggested by Boss Johnson at a meet. they are manufactured by buzzetti or something similar sounding. can you's set me straight?
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You are right with the name. They are Italian. I bought 2 sets (one for garage at home the other for strapping to the bike) Cost about £45 in total.
I got mine from a company in the UK. I'll try and dig the details out for you.
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You can buy them from Off Road Only in the UK phone 01597 822666.
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thanks very much
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Yep Off road only will have them.Their website addy is www.oro2u.com and email is oro@btconnect.com
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shall get me a pair of thems me thinks. Whats the optimum size for travelling with. 600mm sounds good but not to practical, whats the best size for getting good leverage while still being able to carry them????
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I've changed tyres with a set of buzzeti 200 mm. Wasn't easy, but I got it done. I reckon that'd be as small as you could go.
Mate of mine has a set of 300 mm. That extra 100mm makes quite a difference. Also, the ends of his levers were better shaped than the 200 mm. I would go for at least 300mm.
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Mine are 18" cast steel, i think thats about 450mm long. I zap-strap them to my luggage rack out of the way. Personally, i wouldn´t use anything smaller for tires like Tourance or Continental TKC´s. Sure, you can get by, but when you experience lots of flats and tire changes like i´ve been experiencing lately, you sure are thankful for long, strong irons!
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nice one, TKC's are my tyre of choice so shall get 300 - 400mm.
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