Even if you're an old hand, there's one or two tips in here that will undoubtedly improve the way you're doing things
This one does exactly what it says on the tin; explaining in detail the best way to use a puncture repair kit by the side of the road.
Most riders will either know how to do this or could give it a pretty good go without too much guidance.
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But even if you're an old hand, there's one or two tips in here for you that will undoubtedly improve the way you're doing things.
- Make sure you have a pump, tube and tyre levers on all spins
- Find a safe place away from the road to fix a flat when one happens
- Take your wheel out and focus on taking the tyre off, on one side only
- Insert your lever under the tyre right beside the valve
- Run the lever around the inside of one side of the tyre until you reach the valve again
- When you reach the valve, the tyre is off on one side
- The tube can then be eased out from under the tyre
- But leave the tyre on the wheel on one side
- And leave the valve in place; in the hole in the rim
- Pump the tyre and find the hole in the tube
- Check that exact spot on the tyre (leaving the valve in will enable you find that spot)
- When you’ve found it, rub it clean of any glass/wire/debris that may have caused the puncture
- Rub sandpaper on the area of the hole on the tube; it roughens the tube surface and will help the patch to stick
- Rub some glue on and wait one minute until it dries/hardens a little
- Then hold the patch done really firmly; pushing down on the patch from the centre out
- Carefully peal the plastic cover off the patch and gently work the edges of the patch into the tube
- Work the repaired tube back under the tyre, pumping it up a little when it’s all in
- Once the air is inserted, make sure the tube is then fully inside the tyre
- Watch for any edges of the tube sticking out
- Unless the tube is fully back under the tyre, it will puncture by pinching when you start riding again
- Once satisfied the tube is all the way back into the tyre, pump it rock hard
- Stick the wheel back in and away you go
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