Tire Levers

The tire levers can be found inside the station hanging from the steel cables. These tools are to be used together in order to take the tire off the rim of your wheel in the case you have a flat and need to replace your tube or make patches.

To use them Start with the tire deflated. Pick a spot along the edge of the rim that lines up with a spoke. Pull back the tire away from the rim and fit the curved end of the lever under the edge of the tire. With the tip of the lever under the tire’s edge, press down on the lever using the rim for leverage and secure the hooked end onto the spoke. The lever should lift the edge of the tire up and over the outside of the rim and hold it in place. Take a second tire lever and fit the curved end under the tire’s edge in the gap created by the first lever. Work the second lever along the edge of the rim by sliding it laterally with the end under the tire lip until the tire comes free of the rim on one side. This step can be hard to do with tight tires—try pushing on the second lever with both thumbs.