The Best Tyre Lever? // Tru-Tension Tyre Monkey Review

The Tru-Tension Tyre Monkey aims to revolutionize the way a bicycle tyre is changed.

Bicycle tools are an area where innovation is quite rare. For the most part, it seems that we pretty much have all the tools we need and have worked everything out, so for a company to claim to have improved a staple such as the tyre lever is potentially quite a big deal and certainly a bold claim.

This video gives my first impressions on the Tru-Tension Tyre Monkey and a quick demonstration of its function.

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0:00 - Intro
1:36 - Close-up
3:20 - Demonstration
6:27 - Impressions
8:24 - Outro

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[ED-ewvy]

Best thing I ever bought for riding. I just swapped 2 new tires in under 10 mins. This thing is worth every cent!

[cubgsan]

Good day to you.
I am a senior rider on HONDA from Japan.
Enjoying touring, camping and video uploading.
This is so nice video
Awesome!!
Thank you so much for sharing!
Full supported !
Have a nice day my friend!! 😊

[RP-ddtp]

Just tried it before a long group- ride tomorrow- unbelievably good. Took me seconds to get my tyre on and off - much, much quicker than normal tyre levers. Strongly recommended - I think it’s a game-changer.

[gareth_gj]

I've used this a few times now - Magic Marys, Hans Dampf, Continentals, all of them have come off (and on) really easily with these levers. Light and sturdy and work a treat, definitely recommend them.

[brianward]

Well, D & B, I've never had tubeless and never likely to, so is it right that tubeless tyres are a pain to remove, because they just seal so tightly? Aren't you able to 'crack' the seal fairly easily? It's just that I used to have problems sometimes with road tyres that were a very tight fit but, since I started using Michelin tyre levers, I have never had a problem.

[ashokcaptain]

Tyre lever Geek here! Seen this and the Glider on YouTube, but haven't had the opportunity to test either. What is bothersome to my (cheerfully) doomsday scenario mindset is that one has to slide both products along the bead. This looks great in a video, but removing and mounting a tyre like this could (would) eventually eat into the (thin) rubber that affixes the bead to the tyre. If this works, I would definitely use it in a self-supported racing situation, but not for non-race rides.
I've used Pedros levers that are pretty good and more recently Muc Off levers that have a slightly better hook to get under obstinate tyre beads. If riding aluminium rims and a cryogenically bonded tyre, the Lezyne steel levers work. The shorter pair has a built in bottle opener and 25mm pedal spanner. The longer pair has replaceable plastic inserts designed to protect carbon rims. These come off easily, so user beware. And finally, using a cross-section of inner tube makes absolute sense. MucOff has a neoprene sleeve, but that will eventually slip off.
Great review btw. Cheers from India!

[CyclingOffToSomewhereIDK]

Brilliant. If you haven't already tried it on a new tire let me know! I'm ordering this and a new Schwalbe Marathon Plus for my road bike so I should be able to test that myself in the next few days

[darrinkulyk]

I Got one in the mail about a month ago .... will be swapping Tires Next week . Looks like an AWESOME Tool 😎

[mentalfreeride]

I wonder how it would do against ENVE deep dish road wheels, as they are notorious for being stubborn with tires

[danielsimmons]

Hi ~ I'm in UK, i noticed in your video you demonstrate getting a tyre on/off a MTB wheel ? when i built my road bike the tyres were near impossible to fit ~ i was bought one of the tools your showing for my 2 road bikes - are they easy to use on 23x700c tyres fully banded {puncture protection}

[BicycleTouringExplorer]

Thank You for the Review

From Bicycle Touring Explorer in the USA

[TerryThompson-qx]

hi Velo-Obscura a question, do tourers use tube less tires . just wondering thanks.

[AustinAdventures]

Have you tried this on a MTB tubeless tyre yet? Just took the tyres off my gravel bike with these and it was super easy peasy!!

[KaushikNSanji]

Nice! How is this product compared to a similar but slightly complicated tyre lever called the "Tyre Glider" which is also made in the UK?

[jimo]

I have been eyeing these off for a while, maybe time to give it a go

[michaelismichael]

This looks really interesting. Nice video, D.

[thebrunoserge]

Has anyone compared this to Crankbrothers Dunarri Speedier Lever?

[jackiegammon]

Looks like a great option, thanks for sharing!

[mauromdp]

I'd bet that these could last a lot with a good technique. My point is that a good technique removes stress from the tool. I work at a bike shop and I've changed thousands of inner tubes with just some cheap tyre leavers. Yes I use some hand strength and I don't rely much on the leaver other than to slide it along the rim. I'd say that friction wear is much less than the wear from torquing the leaver to remove the tyre when it is not in the right position to be removed.

[bluezybleac]

I wonder, that or a tyre glider, what would work better?