How To Fix A Puncture On A Mountain Bike | Repairing An Inner Tube
Puncturing your tyre when out riding can feel like a disaster! If you run out of tubes, or fancy saving some money, it's worth knowing how to repair a punctured tyre. You may think that using a puncture repair kit may seem old school, but it's an important skill to have. Whether you're stuck out in the woods, or just fancy saving your hard-earned cash, a couple of puncture repair patches can save the day and you can get back to having fun on the trails! 🤘
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Personally i find it easier to install a innertube with air in so it has only just formed its full circle inlfated shape, still squidgy, it helps to avoid getting the tube pinched
I suppose you get more punctures being a cat.
Amazing! This brought back memories of things I haven't done in over 20 years! I'll fix my puncture by myself!
I frequently have friends or family say “my bike is broken, can you have a look at it for me” and when I ask what’s wrong “oh it’s got a puncture”. It amazes me that someone doesn’t know how to fix a puncture.
Sounds like you hang around with morons frequently then eh?
@@CaymanIslandsCatWalks I don't think that was very nice but that was funny.
@@CaymanIslandsCatWalks eh eh eh eh? Heheheheh
Very thorough and clear as always... I bet a lot of subs found this useful actually...
I run tubeless, been fixing punctures since I was 6, but I still watched !😁😁😁
Me to
Henry put the bike on the trail, while repairing the picture. No no no!
No waffling straight to the point. 👍👊
5:08 only bit I disagree with - ... leaving a little air in the tube helps you get it back on the wheel without pinching or twisting it.
Yeah that's about the only tip I would suggest. It's always helped me, less floppy floppy lol.
It really helped me in the middle of nowhere so two thumbs up!
brilliant video thankyou
Very professional.
I would add: to correctly set the rotation of the tire, check for Direction marking (usually as an arrow) on the tire and also check that on the disk rotor there is an arrow that also points the direction of rotation are both in the same way.
thank you
Just out me out of a fix many thanks 🤩
Thanks
How are you mounting your Garmin navigator onto the frame?
@4:54 Them patches Rock.
I always put tyre back on working towards the valve as it helps to release trapped air which will leave more stretch to pop the tyre on, also add some air to stop tube from twisting....
Newbie Tip: just bcos u found the puncture site dont think the job is done,mark the hole u already found with a small nail or thin twig & check the rest of the tube as well!! Although 2 punctures are very rare they can still happen,so be warned!!. 😉😉
What ever happened to the little yellow crayon you used to get?
Nice demonstration. A quick one, i guess the tire is size 26, whats the thickness measurement for the same tire. Mine are thin, I need to replace the two for my MTBbike
Just mended my first MTB puncture, (in three years). The tyre was difficult to get off the bead, I had to grip it with big welding grips. Expecting trouble replacing it, I used the method I adopt with the motorcycle. With the tyre half inflated, I put a cargo strap circumferentially round the tyre and tightened it til the tyre was half squashed in. Then I made with the foot pump. Because the tyre can´t expand outwards, it fills out sideways, and though I´d forgotten to lubricate it, the tyre went on the bead with a satisfying final pop. Hope that helps someone.
as I still used tubes, I left the plastic cover on top of the patch, to avoid any bonding/friction between the tire and the tube. It worked fine.
I always do that too but over time it gets shredded prob from tube movement/friction inside the tyre
That was why you used to get chalk in kits with sandpaper. So you could use a little to spread over the patch after the repair and stop it being sticky.
You better remove it, when you inflate your tyre the patch stretches like the rest of the tube. The plastic cover often prevents that the pachtch can stretch with the rest of the tube wich causes a stresspoint at the place of the repair.
With the newer version of Rema Tip Top vulcanizing fluid (it's been available for 2 years at least), there's no need to wait for it to dry. You can apply the patch instantly.
Where you get bike pump from?
Got my first flat of the year, well more of a slow leak from a rogue staple but! It with a bit of tactical precision and layering right. I actually used gorilla glue hot glue the high setting. Thin spread out layers paper thin as possible. I do have a new tube coming in today but couldn’t waste yesterday waiting. This is a quick fix but if you can’t wait it wait and you have it sitting around. I’m gonna make a video replicating what happened but yo it worked. 15 miles over 2 hours and was still holding air this morning
Hi love your content! I have been getting looaaads of punctures on my plus tyre hardtail that runs tubes. I know tubless is the way forward but I don’t have a proper floor pump to seat it - any help?
What pressure you running and how and what are you riding? Also maybe look at different tyres.
I had that problem with my old ht too. The reason was the area where I lived: A lot of little sharp stones and glass splitters. I moved to another town and I have had only one puncture in years. Ok, since one year I have a fully and tubeless, but I still use an old ht with inner tubes for commuting. You could try a relatively viscous sealant (like milkit) and a normal floor pump.
Not having a pricey tubeless pump shouldn't stop you. Look for "skills with Phil"s DIY tubeless inflator. 10 bucks and works flawlessly.
Niel Savage I have tried running higher pressures but they make the ride feel absolutely awful. Also plus tires are super expensive and can be difficult to find.
M W I think moving to a different part of the country is a bit extravagant! I may just suck it up and go tubeless, because it feels really relentless- going through the hassle of checking the tire and replacing the tube pretty much once a week gets really boring quick.
Ive found in the past that when it was a pin hole and i think ive found it, holding the tube to my lip (you feel the air flow) or even a bit of saliver off my tongue over the area will help show the hole will help... youll do anything though to not have to push the bike back..... even down to a bodge repair as packing the tyre with as much grass as possible to roll on it and coast it home.
#ASKGMBNTECH I have a 2020 trek marlin 6, and it has an SR suntour XCE cool shock with 100mm of travel and I want to upgrade to an airshock, and suggestions?
Nathan Burnett you may find that upgrading the fork may cost nearly as much as your bike! Although SrSuntour have some great cheap ones - I think one is called the aurion. The thing to be careful with is that it may be hard to find a 100 mm size fork - putting a bigger one on would make a massive difference to the rest of the bike’s geometry- high BB, more relaxed seat angle, raised bar hight and longer wheel base etc. So be careful. Furthermore, if you do get one make sure it is set-up properly it will make a world if difference!
Wow 🤩
#akGMBNTech I have a hardtail bike and my seat post is bent and can’t go lower than a climbing position is there a way that I can straighten it?
Try taking it out and pounding a slightly smaller in diamater PVC pipe I have had some sucess with this but on on light weight tubing.
Buy a new one, trying to straighten it will only make it weaker.
Erwin de Groot thanks I will try
If I buy a 150 mm front fork and 140 mm rear shock bike is that trail or Enduro oriented ??
trail
Sooooo changing to the hardest gear and repairing the puncture on the front wheel …. I seee
Hi!
Henry is going to take a fair ration of shit for this one! Disabled bike in the trail, TUBES, and neglected to align the tire logos with the valve stem! Bike nerd faux pas!
I reckon it’s a fair video for people who just don’t know about this. There are many people who just don’t do simple practical repairs because they were never shown as kids and the attitudes of a lot of idiots that just want to criticise. If you have never been taught how to do this (and let’s face it, there are thousands of people now riding bikes for the first time in 20/30 years) you have to start somewhere and getting the logo lined up with the value is probably the least important issue if you are stranded 20 miles from home. Also, like me, why watch a video on tyres repair if you are already well practiced in the art?
Need that missing chalk to dust the repair, so doesnt stick to inside of tyre...
Probably the same for me. I thought the chalk was for marking where the punctures were. Definitely see the logic in the dusting!!.
@@CaymanIslandsCatWalks chalks for dusting, crayon for marking, Grater for making the chalk into dust, sandpaper for roughning. (showing my age!)
Anyone knows about some presta innertubes with removable cores?
Continental
Continental, Bontrager, Sunlite, and I'm sure there are others.
Virtually all presta tubes have removable cores.
U can get instant patches, not as good as glue and patch, but faster...
Do you not need to fix the tire itself?
Like getting a Nobby Nic off my rims is that easy 🙄🙄. 1/2 hr of wrestling. No chance of fixing a puncture and seating the tyres out on the trail, not a F#*king chance!!Going tubeless is the best thing ever!!!
Correct technique helps so much
Geez I have handled many tires and seen many people handle tires including nobby nics but even a beginner manages it in 5 minutes with a lever
Pieter Geerse, well I must be a beginner then with 40+ years of experience riding & fixing bikes. Come and have a go with my carbon rims. And the thought of trying to seat a 2.4 29er tyre with a mini pump at 50psi. Nah, screw that, tubes are from the past.
And what is when the sealant won't fix your puncture? You still have to stick a tube in your wheel on the trail!
Pieter Geerse trying to remove my tyre. Any tips because I’m fucked if I can get this tyre off my rims. Cannot break the bead. On the floor standing on the tyre, pulling up on the rim. Not a chance in my garage, so near on impossible I would imagine on the trail. So a year of running tubeless and not had a single issue. Just removing the tyres from these carbon rims to fit new tyres 😤😤😤
How to fix a puncture on an inner tube. Set your watch back to the early 90’s 😂
Oh, thanks 🙏
Not doddy "one moment later" meme??? Too bad :)
How to repair a tire puncture? Can you use do the same on the tire itself? Cheers!
GUNSHIPANROPACE2 GUNSHIPANDROPALACE1 Sort answer no. Don’t try it as they are only designed for inner tubes. However Park tool sell some “tire boots” for that kind of thing.
Depends how big the hole is, can be used to seal a tear if you have already repaired it with needle and thread for example
Carry a spare tube... saves a ton of time. Takes 5min.
This is just in case you don’t have one but ya that works if you have one.
It is always worth getting as much life as you can out of a tube - just thinking economically and environmentally.
What's a Inner tube?
It must be an hemorrhoids cream applicator
That must be old video from 2002 year 😂
Some times i do wounder who the basic repairs are for. In 50 years I have never had the need to ever completely remove the tire. Pull the tube out sure about 30 percent of the time. You can always find the tire puncture itself in relation to the hole in the tube when using the valve as a reference. Run you hand unprotected=never. remove a glove and use that or even the tail of your shirt if need be, it will then catch on whatever created the puncture if it is still there. Thus saving you hand the pain and possible infection or even worst.
first?
First what?
@@christonamtb4089 First person here to think that having the first comment is worth bragging about, apparently.
Before replacing the second side of the tyre you really should add air to the tube. Not a lot but enough that it holds its shape. That prevents pinch flats when you seat the tyre. Your advice was the exact opposite, c'mon Henry, raise your game.
Yeah, I was surprised at that bit.
Agreed, I always put a little air in the tube before replacing it, to ensure it doesn´t get twisted.
AFFF...this guy again?
first? idk
First what?
Be a man and lever the tire off with bare hands. Pretty easy to do with correct technique of trying to push the tire around the rim starting at the valve edge of tire. and spell tire correctly.
Hate to be a buzz kill but if you need to watch a KZhead video how to repair a puncture then just take your bike to a bike shop, repairing your bikee isn't for you. The is a tech channel not how to suck eggs
03:21 0:31 05:30
Thanks