Mending a puncture – Changing tyres and inner tubes
We have probably all had a puncture at some point, and they’re always just as inconvenient. Fortunately, you can quite easily mend the puncture yourself with just a few tools!
We show you how in the video below.
Instructions:
- Start by letting the air out of the inner tube.
- Remove the wheel.
- Insert the tyre lever under the edge of the tyre and pry upwards while hooking the other end into a spoke.
- Use the other tyre lever to pull the tyre up by pushing the edge of the tyre up around the entire wheel. Remove the tyre from the rim by hand.
- Pump the inner tube a bit to give it shape.
- Place the inner tube into the old/new tyre and make sure the valve is angled inwards.
- Thread the inner tube valve into the rim and start fitting the tyre onto the wheel by hand.
- Screw on the wheel.
- Inflate the wheel and make sure the guiding line on the tyre is equally around the entire tyre and on both sides.
- Refit the wheel to the bicycle.
NOTE! If you get a puncture, check the tyre to make sure there are no shards or debris left inside the tyre.
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