Changing a Road Bike Tire
Monday, December 1st, 2008 at
10:03 pm
Mach3Multisport asked:
Jill and Bizzy show you how to fix a flat out on the road.
Tagged with: Bike Tire • Fix A Flat • Road Bike
Filed under: Video
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Yes, that is always good as well. I just don’t want to drive, because my country eats more oil than any other. I try to not consume as much as the average size of a car here is becoming equivalent to the size of a train. No matter the irony of a puncture, I prefer the inconvenience.
Ah, bad luck. Yep, the bastards usually come in twos or threes. My favourite is when you can’t find what caused the original puncture, so you get another one straight away.
Still, I’ve had to get the train to work the last few days and am longing for a nice puncture!
you forgot that you also get punctures when you just fixed it. happened to me today, i just put my tube in last night and early this morning when it was cold as hell wow theres a thorn in the bike lane…yay
Thanks for the hint
how do you know which way the tire should rotate if the tire does not have arrows showing you? does it matter?
It would be if we always rode in these conditions. But everyone knows that you only get punctures when:
- it’s p*ssing down
- it’s dark
- you’re freexing
- you’re miles from home
- heavy traffic is thundering by
- if you’re in a town, it’s the roughest part of it
Also, if you’ve got a steel frame, getting the back wheel out of and back into the drops can be a nightmare.
It comes with practice, and some tires can be a lot more stubborn than others.
It’s a Litespeed Titanium road bike, which was rebranded by Excel Sports in Boulder as a Macalu.
really!
that was the SHORT version
it takes me at least 10 minutes
usually something goes wrong too
wle
You need to put a little air in the tube at first to get it properly in the tire and on the rim. If you are using CO2 only (and you don’t have a pump) then you don’t want to waste CO2 for this part. So you can just blow enough air with your mouth into the tire to get it on the rim and inside the tire. After that you use your CO2 inflator to fill the tube.
“if you don’t have a pump, use your mouth” wtf? If you don’t have a pump, good luck riding away once the tire is mounted.
is that a touring bike or a road bike? looks to me like a touring
it is i can change my road tire in 45 seconds
If only it were really this easy.
those lady was lucky.By my last flat I almost
cut off my finger tip(knife spokes)not really but it was a mess until I could make the change.
I like the women xD…
Man. Just got my first road bike off of Craigslist and it has a flat tire but the dude gave me a spare. Hope this helps me change it. Going to go try now…
woo look at those veins in her arm, how hot.. ;d
that was the quickest and most through how to for bike tire replacement video
Congratulations! Woman on the road=flowers on the road. Tanks for posting this video!
WOW, I’ve never seen a woman fix a flat before, first time in 30 years, I hope I see it in real life sometime.. I saw one try once
but I ended up doing it and getting all greasy
i agree, never ever had a problem with the levers, i wouldtn go out without themb
I pretty much always use levers to get the bead back over my rims. Never had a problem. I do always check to make sure the tube is not pinched though.
No No! Always find out where the puncture is so you can remove the cause – thorn, fragment of glass etc. This is a good way of getting the same puncture twice – at least.
Never use a lever to replace the tyre – guaranteed to damage the tube. Start refitting opposite the valve and ensure the bead is well seated.
Only one point, my experience is to start removal at the valve, replace the tyre into the rim opposite the valve position, this allows more space for the tyre to slip into the rim
then use the levers to insert tyre at valve
position.
I need to buy one of those fanny packs for the bike, thanks