I want to thank u showing me this way as I conquered my first flat fix. It was so easy cause of this video. A big thank u for this video as I’m a 55 year old lady.
I frequently ride 50-80 miles at a time and learned to bring patches, tubes, a portable inflator (Fantik X8), tire levers and a few hex keys. Recently, after an incident on my E-bike, I now pack a few extra chain links and a chain tool. Sounds like a lot, but actually very compact and takes up little room in my bag.
Thanks for that. My first ebike rided. 2miles out no kit, no tools. 69lb bike was a pain. As I walk back the tube came out of the tire, an rap around the sprocket. Had to cut it of. The tire being flat made the bike harder to roll as well. It felt like I was pushing a 200lb bike. So ebikers prepare to carry a kit an tools. Always. Thank you for sharing.
THANK YOU! I've watched other videos where they removed the entire back wheel & kept thinking "why?" - at my age & reduced strength, I can't manipulate that heavy awkward thing. Your video is a tremendous help!
Game changing video! Without a doubt the most helpful, and mind numbingly simple video, I've ever seen with regard to fixing a flat. I've been riding bicycles for over 35 years and I've never seen an instructional video this relevant and easy. It changes a nightmare situation into a workable solution. I can't thank you enough. As Tom A. said...sometimes it's difficult to find the hole/leak, but it's worth sticking to it rather than the alternative of having to get towed. The only thing I don't think this method would work for is a rip in the stem. For that you'd definitely have to remove the tube and replace it, which is impossible while the wheel is still mounted. But for everything else, this is the bomb.
Important: ALWAYS remember to feel inside the tire for the thorn or whatever caused the flat so you don’t patch the tube then it get punctured again. 😎 I’m ordering a patch kit and a tire lever. Great video brother!
Update on my previous comment. Puncture repaired. Thanks for this video was very helpful. My biggest battle as im new to fixing bikes, was getting the tyre open lol. There was slime all inside that had leaked. I found the puncture then lost it as i had cleaned away the slime. But found it again as i knew briefly where it was by squeezing excess air out. I then found a nail deep inside my tyre that was the cause of the ongoing puncture hence the slime leaking out. So slime does work but not with foreign object still causing the problem. Pumped up just waiting for more slime to come. All good, no back wheel removal and I've learnt something new. Many thanks 👍🏼😊
Great video, I just got a rear hub motor ebike which makes a replacing a tube or repairing a rear flat a little more complicated, so thanks for this tip....the only thing is that sometimes Its not always easy to find where the puncture hole is😊
I hit a nail and most stores near me don’t carry fat tire tubes for these kinds of bikes. I have to order these online and they can cost about &20 each before taxes. I enjoy riding my Ebike all around town and even to work. It’s a blast to ride.
thank you so much for this educational video thought i was done for when i hit that nail but to thanks to you i’m hitting the roads again!!! i did this within the safety of my own home, the whole procedure was extremely simple, and took me exactly 16 minutes, loved the video man!
Just did this! And it worked! Let’s see how it goes tomorrow morning, I got home and my wheel was hissing, it was upsetting cause it was my first flat after 700+ miles and didn’t want to spend 50 bucks for all the labor and item. You sir are a life saver 🫶🏻 subscribed and liked! Thanks again!!
Brilliant demo on how to fix a flat without taking the wheel off! I've been doing this for years but the past 10 years I've used green gunk I'm lazy I suppose! But the drawback is its messy and when you replace it eventually the tyres are sort of greasy inside Yuck! So this is really the proper way Great Video Kevin!!
I guess the hardest thing is to being able to spin the tire as you did, and I'd imagine by pushing the bike towards to kick-stand area, it would take the weight off so you could spin it. With folks adding more and more accessories in the handlebar area, doing this would be much better than having the bike upside down in some manner! Watching this reminded me, to put a bit of sand paper & glue in my 'repair kit' bag! Thank you!
nice! thank you for making what could have been a sucky situation into an easy fix. getting a flat was a major concern to me because like you said. taking the tire off would be a pain in the ass. this is so much easier .thanks for the excellent tip!
Perfect, simple, effective. This will be my new go to method for rear wheel punctures from now on. I didn't realise there would be quite as much room to work with the inner tube. Great vid, thanks!!!
Thanks so much pal. Wife got today her first ever puncture on her mini 14inch tyre ebike. I was struggling to take a rear wheel out with corroded bolts and not being sure how to unplug the motor. Thanks to your tips it only took me like 5-10 minutes to get that nasty puncture patched up! 👍😃
Back in the olden days, we would light the glue with a match, let it burn a few seconds, and then blow it out. Do this a couple of times to speed up the drying. Worked great 👍
Only problem I see is that its not always that easy to find where the puncture is. After a thousand miles or so you pick up alot of nicks and minor cuts in the tire and cant always tell if this goathead hole is new or months old. Sometimes you find the hole right away other times you have to examine the whole tube to find it. By all means try this first as its a big time saveings when it works. Still carry the tools and learn how to field strip your rear wheel. I run a gates carbon belt drive on my daily rider and I'll tell you its a PITA to get that back wheel off without a stand. Yet I've had to do it in the field several times. I keep a stubby 15mm and a couple of allen wrenches in my patch kit just for that reason. lets me pull that back wheel and then realign my brakes once I put it back on. Its always that back wheel too. My front tube is still factory with no patches on it, my rear has been patched 5 times and replaced once because the roofing nail i hit got fully inside the tube and just put a dozen puntures in it before I could stop.
Two days into enjoying my new Lectric XP I got a rear flat. After a bottle of slime and being fooled that it was fixed, I was stranded again. Kinda tough for a 69 year old with bad coronaries and knees. Gonna try this next. Removing the rear wheel looks over my paygrade. I emailed Lectric. They're sending two new tubes, free. Nice folks. Are there tubeless tires for Lectric? I never want another flat...
@@favoritemyvideo No. I slimed the heck out of them myself. The Slime didn't work. I took the tire and tube off the rim. There are two parallel puncture holes about 1/8" in diameter in the center of the tube about an inch apart. Wtf? Anyway, I patched both and going to try that. Removing the rear wheel is not something I want to do on my brand new bike! Looks above my paygrade!
The algorithm sent me your way. Strangely I had exactly this type of puncture on my ebike last week, a rusty two inch nail straight through the tyre. I've only had the bike a few weeks. Anyway I used exactly the method you used when I realized what a pain taking the wheel and tyre off would be (although easier on my mid-drive bike). One thing to watch out for though when you get something small like a thorn in your tyre is that you need to run your fingers around the inside of the tyre to find it or you'll simply puncture the tube again when you inflate it.
Thank you so much, just had a flat on my Ebike, back tire and this method of not having to remove tire was great, 10 minutes I was ready to go, all the other videos told me to remove tire from Bike,
Thank god I finally found the video! I've had issues with my back tire sincerly the inner tire was so soft after driving on the way where shattered glass of bottles were. So annoying! So now I see I need to find the hole then I need that air machine. Of course a normal bike pump won't work. I got a Coswheel CT20s
Gonna try this tomorrow and will update. My bike is a heavy E bike and back wheel had puncture. It has slime in it so did pump back up but still slow puncture. I assume the slime will show in the hole but i can see the thorn hole on the tyre. God forbid i couldn't take back wheel off and disconnect all electrics etc plus bikes heavy lol.
Ok ! Now that is very interesting smart ! And I have done that with my regular bike little tight to turn the wheel but I was able to make my repair and keep on rolling till I was able to get a new tube. Very very helpful hack and it does work and now I see it can be done on a Ebike.
Ty Ty Ty Ty you same me a headache trip and money, and now i know I can do this anytime so you save me a life time worth of headache Ty for this, just wish you showed how to utilize water to find the hole if you don’t know where it’s at so u can then see the bubbles but nevertheless I figured it out so Ty
From experience, the hole is often hard to find, especially if it's a faulty shrader valve! I usually try slime 1st, if that fails and the hole is hidden, ya have to swap out the tube! sucks but necessary if you hate walking, and why I also carry a 18/15mm spanners with my spare tube/pump.
Also, out in the wild, I think I would flip it upside down and put the handlebars on some grassy surface at least so as not to damage my handlebar setup. 😊 I can at least be standing instead of being on my knees especially if the weather is bad. I would probably take my time, but I don't know if the glue would set as well as it does at room temperature. Again, imagine this is at night and it's negative temperatures. My cutoff riding is generally 0 Fahrenheit, but I could go even lower if there's no wind. I tend to run hot and so I can deal with the cold okayish. I wear thick mittens and everything, but I would have to take them off in the cold. Like I mentioned in another comment, I do have thin gloves with me at all times just for when it happens, but it hasn't happened yet.
Thanks so much. Rode my fat tire Ebike downtown. Some idiots had broken glass in my lane. Too late to avoid. Locked my Bike. Came back and it was flat. Will check for the location of the leak (inflate tire and use soapy water) and remove any pieces of glass. Then follow you instructions. I was surprised how easy the tire went back on. Will do tomorrow. Wish me luck. Again many thanks.
Now imagine it's 10°F , the wind is howling, and your hands freeze with no gloves on after 20 seconds. Also, I can't believe how smoothly this tire goes on and off! My tire size is generally between 2 and 2.6 in. I have to use the levers quite rigorously. Can't imagine doing this in the dark, with miles to go, and with those weather conditions. Can I do it after some practice? I always have thin gloves in my kit for when it happens. Thankfully, it hasn't happened yet, but I do ride in adverse conditions quite a bit. Maybe just been lucky
Maybe a stupid question. However, Should the hole in the actually tire be repaired?. Another words, should you use one of those plug things and push the rubber stuff into the hole with a hole plug object. Sorry, but not sure what those things are called. OR do you just leave the whole alone?. Thanks.
On my 750 watt ebike 26× 4 inch tire, when i fix a flat, the tire just comes off rim n i dont even need to take tire off rim, n it is hard putting tire back on rim, when i put tire on it keeps coming off n is hard to keep on, after messing with it enough n putting some air in tube it will stay on but very difficult to do n i haven't figured out the trick to do it easy yet, on my regular bikes when i fixed a flat the tire was easy to put back on n it stayed on once put back on does anyone else have this problem with 4 inch tires?
@@TheFrickinShredder i found a way to do it easier yesterday, some fat tires it is easier but my 26×4 fat tire it is harder, i got to put enough air in tube then the tire will go on rim easier, without enough air in tube tire wont stay on rim like it will on other bike rims that are smaller
Helpful. But that's supposing you know where the hole is. Most of the time you do not, and to find it you have to remove the wheel and put the tube in water.
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