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Fix a puncture in five steps.

No stand, no workshop. You need two tire levers, a spare tube and a mini pump, and about five minutes.

A retro poster of a bike on a workshop stand under a lamp, a mechanic's hand on the wheel and tools on the wall

Workshop video · 5 min  with Mo, our head mechanicRead the transcript

  1. 1

    Take the wheel out

    Open the brake, flip the quick release, lift the frame.

  2. 2

    Lever off one side

    Two levers, a hand's width apart. Never a screwdriver.

  3. 3

    Find the cause

    Run your fingers slowly round inside the tire: thorns and glass hide there.

  4. 4

    Fit the new tube

    A little air first so it holds its shape. Valve in first.

  5. 5

    Pump and check

    Thumb the tire on, check the bead line, pump to the number on the sidewall.

Still flat? Bring it in: a new tube fitted while you wait, $12 plus the tube.

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