GPO Tyre Levers

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Jdsk
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GPO Tyre Levers

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VinceLedge
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Re: GPO Tyre Levers

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I have got some that look like that, I think I inherited them from my Dad or Grandad.
Jdsk
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Inherited through the mail line, then?

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Jdsk wrote: 6 May 2021, 6:41pm Inherited through the mail line, then?

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Mike Sales
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Re: GPO Tyre Levers

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I have a very similar set, but they are not from the G.P.O.
I rounded the edges of the business end.
They are good levers but need care in use in order not to cut the tyre.
It's the same the whole world over
It's the poor what gets the blame
It's the rich what gets the pleasure
Isn't it a blooming shame?
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Me too. I don't know where they came from but they were in my Dad's toolbox (a set of WW2 ammo boxes lined with holly wrapping paper) when I was a teenager, so I used them. They mostly got used on a couple of old (probably 1950s, but 1930s design) roadsters given by elderly neighbours. The steel tyre levers worked alright on ballon tyres and steel Westwood rims, but were a liability on modern alloy rims.
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