No one likes having a flat, but if you know how to fix the flat your ride will not be derailed.
When you flat:
Have a plan; do not let this be the first or second time you try to figure this out.
Be familiar with your saddle bag and how to get it on and off of your bike.
Have two tire levers, a tube, co2 and/or a pump.
Know how your co2 works!
Shift the chain to the smallest cog
Take the wheel off
Take one side of the tire off.....if you are good you usually will not need a tire lever.....but that is another story
ALWAYS try to find the reason for the flat. Did you pinch, run over glass, or did the rim strip slip.
If you get in a rush and do not find the reason for the flat you are likely to flat again.
Run your finger around the inside of the tire. Be careful here, if you have a bit of glass you can cut your finger.
Blow a bit of air into the new tube with your mouth.
Put the tube one the wheel and start to put the tire back on.
Work away from the valve.
NEVER use the tire levers to get the tire back on the wheel.
Make sure you do not have any of the tube pinched under the tire.
Double check to make sure that you are not pinching the tube!!
Pump or use your co2.
Put the wheel back on, tighten the skewer and go.
This whole process should not take more then 3-5 minutes, but can take much longer......
When you flat:
Have a plan; do not let this be the first or second time you try to figure this out.
Be familiar with your saddle bag and how to get it on and off of your bike.
Have two tire levers, a tube, co2 and/or a pump.
Know how your co2 works!
Shift the chain to the smallest cog
Take the wheel off
Take one side of the tire off.....if you are good you usually will not need a tire lever.....but that is another story
ALWAYS try to find the reason for the flat. Did you pinch, run over glass, or did the rim strip slip.
If you get in a rush and do not find the reason for the flat you are likely to flat again.
Run your finger around the inside of the tire. Be careful here, if you have a bit of glass you can cut your finger.
Blow a bit of air into the new tube with your mouth.
Put the tube one the wheel and start to put the tire back on.
Work away from the valve.
NEVER use the tire levers to get the tire back on the wheel.
Make sure you do not have any of the tube pinched under the tire.
Double check to make sure that you are not pinching the tube!!
Pump or use your co2.
Put the wheel back on, tighten the skewer and go.
This whole process should not take more then 3-5 minutes, but can take much longer......
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