At some point in a rider’s life the need to remove a tire from its rim for either repair or replacement is inevitable. But man, handling a heavy bike using the kickstand to break the tire’s bead is a task unto itself.

Thanks to Motion Pro there is a safer and easier way to tackle the task. I recently tried out their newly slimmed-down, lightweight and easily packable tool called the BeadPro. Made from forged aluminum, the BeadPro is a two-piece bar set weighing in at 9 ounces with a length of 9.8 inches.

I found it required very little effort to break the bead from the rim. You simply mate the BeadPro bars together, then using leverage with a squeeze of the bars (and plenty of tire lube), the tire bead just pops right off. Once the bead is popped the BeadPro bars then perform double-duty as tire spoons to help remove the tire from the rim.

For a trailside repair or an at-home tire swap the BeadPro has now become part of my standard tool kit. MSRP: $64.99 MotionPro.com

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