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How to: Change an inner tube
Got a puncture? Tyres soft and at? That sounds like a puncture.Heres how to remove and replace the inner tube that sits under
the tyre itself.
First though, check you havent just got a soft tyre by pumping them up.
We expain how in our !eginners "ui#e to $umping %our &yres artice.
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lovely Pedrostools.'f you get a puncture whie out on your bike, its (uicker an# easier to just
repace the inner tube, rather than fa) on trying to patch it up. From
experience, weve foun# its never a wise i#ea to wait for a puncture* its
best to practise the techni(ue at home. +ome tyre an# tube combinations
can be (uite tight, nee#ing thumbs of stee, #ont give up, persevere an#
you get there in the en#.
Tools needed:
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&o remove front whee, gui#e it straight #own out of fork. For rear
whees, pu rear #eraieur back to keep chain cear of cogs. "ui#e
whee both #own an# forwar#.
!ccessin punctured inner tube
4.
With whee separate# from bike, #e0ate tyre. /emove #ust cap an#
ock ring. 5nscrew an# then press tip of $resta vave to ensure a air
is remove# from the inner tube.
6. 5se thumbs to push bea# of tyre towar#s centre of rim. 7oosening
the bea# wi make it easier to use tyre evers.
8.
"et tyre ever aigne# with spoke. +coop tyre ever un#er bea#.
nce engage#, push #own on ever to ift tyre over rim
9. With en# of tyre ever un#er bea#, ax ever to spoke.
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+coop secon# tyre ever un#er oosene# bea# next to
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$u inner tube competey out of tyre.
-2.
Cast an eye over outsi#e of tyre an# use ternativey, aways stash a bit of cotton woo in
your jersey pocket, so you can run that aroun# the insi#e ? it wi
snag when it catches on the sharp item, instea# of hurting your
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-4.
5se pump to in0ate inner tube so it ho#s its shape.
-6.
'nsert inner tube vave into vave hoe an# screw on ock ring. 'f
vave is not pointing straight it can ea# to a puncture.
-8. $ace the rest of inner tube insi#e tyre.
Re#installin tyre
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+tart at vave, begin to push bea# of tyre over ip of rim.
-;. Continue pushing bea# over rim. &his is easier with some
tyre@rim combinations than others. 'f your combination is tight, push
tyre bea# into mi##e channe of rim to create some sack.
=.
5se thumbs to ease
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Connect pump to inner tube vave. 'f strugging to connect, press
#own on tyre to push vave fuy through vave hoe.
2.
'n0ate inner tube to pressure note# on si#ewa of tube.
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3.
nce in0ate#, ensure ock nut is screwe# right up to rim wa, $resta
vave tip is shut an# #ust cap is back on.
Re#installin wheel
4. nsure (uick1reease skewer is unwoun# an# brakes are sti
open.
6.
&o re1insta rear whee, get chain cear by puing back rear#eraieur. $ut smaest cog on whee in between top an# bottom of
chain. "ui#e whee back an# up into #ropouts, ensuring #isc brakes
are aigne# if you use them. For front, gui#e whee up into the
#ropouts.
8. Ho# (uick reease ever open, opposite its
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Cose (uick reease ever.
2=. /emember to re1connect your brakes.
"o forth an# repairD
How did wedo?
>s this is the thin vave, with screw1in tip,
means high pressures can be achieve# an# maintaine#.
(chraeder valve:&ype of vave on inner tube, aso the same as foun# on
cars. > wi#e vave, pre#ominatey reserve# for mountain biking, with pin
in the centre to reease air.
)uick#release wheels:> mechanism that aows you to remove whees
without the nee# for toos. > skewer runs through the axe, with a ever
one en# an# nut the other.
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(pokes:&hin poes or ba#es on your whees that connect the rim to the
hub.
(poke nipples:+pecia nuts usuay foun# connecting the spoke to the
rim. 't heps to a#just the tension of the spoke.
*ock rin: > ring that screws on the threa#s of the inner tube vave. nce
the vave has been inserte# through the rim, the ock ring ho#s vave in
pace, preventing movement.
Rear derailleur: > mechanism that moves the chain between sprockets
to give a range of gears.
(prockets:&oothe# #iscs that the chain run on to #rive the rear whee.
%ead: Eeta or evar wire foun# in tyre. Ho#s tyre to the rim.
+#brakes: > brake that acts on the rim. G1brakes have two neary vertica
arms that mount on pivots on the frame an# are pue# together with a
brake cabe across the top.
Rim: uter part of the whee, where the tyre mounts.
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