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Judith Guthoerl demonstrates how. First she loosens the nuts holding the flat front wheel on. You can actually fix a flat without removing the wheel...
The wheel hangs up on the brake pads. The brake calipers are too close together to get the wheel out. She pulls the end of the brake cable out of the...
The bicycle patch kit came with these three little levers. They're called "tire irons" for historical reasons. She uses one to pry the tire over the s...
Whatever punctured your innertube might still be impaled in your tire. If you don't find and remove it, you'll get another flat right away. Look and f...
Put some air in the tube, but don't overdo it. This air chuck is nice because it has a built-in pressure guage.
Put some water in the sink, or a bucket. A river or lake would be fine also. If your sink has no plug stuff a plastic bag in the drain. Submerge the ...
The patch kit comes with a piece of sandpaper or a tiny cheesegrater looking thing. Use it to roughen an area around the leak that's a bit bigger tha...
Is what the patch cement is called. Regular rubber cement or contact cement won't work as well. They aren't nearly toxic and explosive enough. Your fr...
Set the tube aside and let the cement dry for a few minutes. Read the directions that came with the patch kit if you haven't already. It's the hott...
Peel half the backing off the patch. There's a lot of variety in patches. Some of them come with slightly different directions. It probably doesn't ma...
Judith's last name means "good listener" in German. She's already showed you the skills to do the rest of these steps: 1. Inflate the tube, bubble t...
Congratulations! You've fixed a flat! You're now back on your bike, which makes you the more efficient than any animal on earth. If it weren't for you...
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