shinomaster
02-08-2006, 12:33 AM
http://www.parktool.com/products/detail.asp?cat=17&item=TL-1
Park Tool tire levers suck. I don't go out of my way to express such hate toward a piece of plastic very often. I have never really liked these, but have owned them, and used them when I couldn't find my more trusty black levers with the more squared ends. So tonight like a chump I used my blue PArk lever in a vain, violent attempt to remove a Michelin tire from a Bontrager front wheel. After failing on several tries the lever slipped off under presssure and my poor lil' thumb went hard into the bladed spoke. First pain, then numbness, then lots of blood. Ouch...I always wondered what bladed spokes could do to my hands...and these are not even as sharp as the campy spokes on my Neutrons. This reaffirmed my dislike for this product. Park levers should be banned because not only do they suck, they clearly are a menace to society as well.
Park Tool tire levers suck. I don't go out of my way to express such hate toward a piece of plastic very often. I have never really liked these, but have owned them, and used them when I couldn't find my more trusty black levers with the more squared ends. So tonight like a chump I used my blue PArk lever in a vain, violent attempt to remove a Michelin tire from a Bontrager front wheel. After failing on several tries the lever slipped off under presssure and my poor lil' thumb went hard into the bladed spoke. First pain, then numbness, then lots of blood. Ouch...I always wondered what bladed spokes could do to my hands...and these are not even as sharp as the campy spokes on my Neutrons. This reaffirmed my dislike for this product. Park levers should be banned because not only do they suck, they clearly are a menace to society as well.