The one who has to have carbon-fibre everything. Frameset: it goes without saying. Handlebar, stem, wheels: obviously. Seatpost, saddle, chainset: check. He probably has carbon-fibre fillings in his teeth. Well, now he can have carbon-fibre tyre levers too.
Yes, there are already carbon-fibre tyre levers out there – injection moulded carbon-fibre – but we’ve never seen any that look quite so carbon-fibre-ish as these. They’re made from 15 layers of 2×2 twill woven 3K carbon-fibre, and they’re very shiny.
“Finally a project making the most boring bike tool something that is beyond cool: a full carbon fibre bike tyre lever,” says Glen Alden, an automotive engineer with a cycling passion. “You know you have always wanted one.”
Have you always wanted one? Anyway, you’re paying an extra £12.80 for the Alden tyre levers (the Kickstarter price, which is $5 below the RRP) and saving 20g. On the other hand, you might think that’s worth it to be the only one in the chaingang who can whip out carbon-fibre tyre levers as soon as anyone gets a flat.
