HOW FIX A FLAT TIRE
Your ability to ride along with ample speed and good control, depends on your inner tube.
Look at your inner tube like a shock absorber. It helps you make the right contact with the
road: not too spongy or too stiff.
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Make sure the bike
is in the lowest gear possible.
Let all the air out of the tube.
Completely flatten your tube,
and use a tire lever to ease it
up from the rim. Pull the
tube out.
Listen or feel where the
air is escaping the puncture
in the tube.
Push the tube under the tire to
roll it back onto the rim. The
tube shouldn’t be exposed.
Take your tire pump, and inflate
your tube to the right pressure.
You are ready to ride again!
Replacing the tube? See step 7.
If
patching
, find your puncture
area to apply glue and set to
dry. Apply the patch & firmly
push into the tube.
Using your
tire pump
,
air up your tube enough
to give it some shape.
Remove the wheel
RELEASING THE QUICK RELEASE
Always ride with
a patch kit or
spare tube, just
in case you get
a flat tire!
TIP
REMEMBER THIS
WHAT YOU’LL NEED:
TIRE PUMP
REPLACEMENT
TUBE
PATCH KIT
OR
FOLLOW THESE STEPS:
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5
STEP 6
STEP 7
STEP 8
RELEASE THE BRAKE
A
B
SLIDE THE WHEEL OUT
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