I just learned how to change a puncture

[Jane Smart]

I think also, I may write a "check list" for changing the tube Plax, your post just made me think of that. It may happen tomorrow it may happen in six months, in which case, i will have forgotton what to do. Today for example, I forgot to put the brakes back on again. Fortunately my pal in the shop, pointed this out to me

 

[on the road]

Another tip.

If you get a puncture, pump up the punctured tube so you can hear the air coming out of it, then lay on top of the wheel the way round it was inside the tyre, then you'll know where the offending item is that caused the puncture in the first place.

Or if that's time consuming then you could always feel inside the tyre, but if it's a piece glass then you could cut yourself.

But whatever you do, don't put the spare tube in without looking for whatever caused the puncture, or you'll end up with another puncture very soon.

If it's the back wheel that punctered then put it in top gear, it makes it easier to get the wheel back on again.

 

[Joe24]

If you pump the tube up when its out, watch it. It may go bang when its in your hand. Which is a tad scary, and very very very loud.

 

[on the road]

Just don't pump it up too much

 

[Joe24]

Just don't pump it up too much

I didnt, only put abit in
Id pumped them up before, and never had a problem, this tube was just troubled i think

 

[Browser]

Pardon my thread hijacking, and probably covering a subject which has come up before, but I have just bought a Halfrauds puncture repair kit which doesn't need the tube of rubber solution. You just, so it says, locate the leak, clean all dust & muck off the area, peel off the backing and apply the patch et voila, puncture repaired. Bit late now as I;ve bought the kit, but does anyone have any experience of this type of patch and how it performs vs the conventional rubber-solution type?
p.s. why is it nowadays when I get a puncture it's always on part of the tube I can't patch? Last time it was the re-inforced boss where the valve connects to the tube, three-four times before that it was in the middle of the anti-slip ridges moulded into the tube and the effing patch wouldn't stick!!

 

[Wheeledweenie]

Ooooh, well done for getting a puncture lesson. I had to learn from a good samaritan who helped when I got one a month ago. I carry a repair kit and a tube and small pump everywhere just in case. Last time I had one I replaced the tube as I couldn't find the hole while sitting in the rain on the side of the road but I kept the holey tube and repaired it when I got home.

 

[HLaB]

Got my 1st p'ture for a while last night I was quite pleased how fast I changed it despite being in the rain.

 

[Dan B]

On the second half of the Dun Run last year I got three punctures in the back wheel. Dan's top tip for puncture avoidance: don't do long night rides on a tyre that's previously been used on a turbo trainer.

 

[Medic6666]

Just my little bit.

I always carry the following.
1 x new tube
1 x pack of glueless patches...These are just peel and stick. Very handy for small punctures.
1 x basic kit because you will use it one day

I now have old tubes cut into different size patches and a tube of glue and use that instead of the basic kit, I know some ppl dont like doing this, but its always worked for me :0)

Where I cycle through epping forest there are sharp plants everywhere and I seem to always find them. I think they may be following me. :S