I doubt there’s a single person out there who hasn’t at some point struggled to fit a set of tyres, especially if you’ve being dealing with a set of DH tyres, but Steve Peat’s mechanic Tom Duncan has the answer to your problems in the shape of his tool of choice. Strictly speaking it is actually two, but we’ll let him off considering they are used together. The tools in question are the superb Motion Pro Rim Shield and Tyre Bead Clamp. These come from the motocross world but Tom has discovered they work a treat on mountain bikes too. The rim shield protects your lovely rims from any tyre lever damage (which is especially important if you are working with carbon rims like Tom), and then you screw the clamp on to put an end to chasing the tyre bead around the rim. It’s a brilliant combination and definitely one of my favourite selections.