page_title: Bicycle tools
section_title: Hub, wheel and tire tools
hierarchical_section_title: Bicycle tools / Various tools by function / Hub, wheel and tire tools
caption_attribution_description: metal and plastic tyre (tire) levers
context_page_description: Various bicycle tools have evolved over the years into specialized tools for working on a bicycle. Modern bicycle shops will stock a large number of tools for working on different bicycle parts. This work can be performed by a trained bicycle mechanic, or for simple tasks, by the bicycle owner.
context_section_description: Tire levers are used for removing the tires from the rim, often for changing the inner tube. Plastic levers are more prone to breakage; metal ones damage tubes, tires, or rims more easily.
  Cone wrenches (spanners) are needed to dismantle and adjust the hub bearings.
  Spoke wrenches are used for tensioning the spokes of a wheel.
  Tensiometer or spoke tension meter is used to measure the tension in spokes.
  Tire bead jack can be used to install tires on rims, especially when the tire-rim combination is tight.
  Dishing gauge is used to measure the dish of a wheel.
  Wheel truing stand is used to measure the side to side and radial trueness of a wheel's rim and facilitate truing it.
  Bicycle pump
caption: Metal and plastic tire levers
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