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Video: How to Fix a Flat (Bike) Tire || REI

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How to Fix a Flat Tire

Jason demonstrates how to fix a flat and change a tire from start to finish, with helpful tips along the way. Go riding with confidence that your next flat tire will barely slow you down.

Click here for video and see below for specific time stamps.

  • 0:24 List of the tools you’ll need

  • 1:45 Removing the front wheel

  • 3:24 Removing a back wheel

  • 5:12 How to remove the tire from the rim

  • 9:40 How to patch a tube

  • 13:56 Putting the tire back on the rim

  • 16:32 Getting the wheels back on the bike

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