Recumbent Trike Maintenance Workshop 

I always check the inner side of the tire before I put a new tube or a patch to back in, reason why, because you could have some debris is punctured through the tire still on the inside so I need to do is take your fingers and feel around lightly for any projection that’s still could be in the rubber tire. Love the video

Excellent video!! Thanks!

Good video EXCEPT for the rear flat catastrophe. The odds of finding a large box or bag to prop up you trike to take the tire out, are like a gazillion billion to one ;-) Everything looks so easy on a bike jack ;-) In the real world, us mere mortals would probably flip our trikes upside down. I think it might be possible to get the tire open enough to pull out most of the tube, pump it up and try to find the leak, so no wheel removal hassles, but I just don't know. The idea of getting a rear tire flat scares the hell out of me. I'm 71 and dealing with that would be like major panic attack time. I'm using the Schwalbe flat proof tires and so far in over ten years have never gotten a flat with those tires. The quick links thing I've never heard of so, will have to grab a couple of those for the tool kit. I STILL WANT TO SEE A REAL HUMAN DEMONSTRATE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HOW TO DEAL WITH A REAR FLAT TIRE, something believable.

One step was missed when fixing flat...before inserting new or repaired tube, search inside of tire for the item that caused the leak.

Great video. I appreciated the chain lube part when you said to lube the inside because the inside mates with the gears.

fabulous video and a “ must see” for all trikers. now I am prepared to take care of the basic stuff that can and probably will happen! emailed it to myself and saved it for quick review when I need to so the repairs. thanks again! you do a great job!

Fixing a flat, you're going to want to find the hole even if you're fitting a new tube; otherwise the thorn or flint or glass shard will likely stick right through that new tube too.

The first thing you should do after patching or replacing the tube, and before reinstalling the tube is to check the inside of the tire to make sure there is not a thorn or nail sticking through the inside of the tire. If these are not removed, the tube will be damaged again.

One important step left out of the video is to run you fingers inside and around the tire before replacing the new or repaired tube. Doing so you might find a thorn or a piece of glass still sticking through the tire to the interior and if it isn't removed it will just flatten the new tube again.

Great video, wish you guys were my neighborhood shop, you would get all my business for posting such a helpful video.

Awesome video I am so glad I order my Performer JC70 from you all.

Thank You James very informative as always.

What about adjusting and lubricating wheel bearings to get the best spin time on a wheel. With years of biking behind me on two wheel bikes I always was concerned with the ability of the bike to coast long distances with minimal drag within the wheels. there is nothing bettwer than a hub that has a low drag coefient.

My TerraTrike gt I cannot find the rear barrel adjuster. The derailleur says s-ride

Thank you for a very informative video. I've owned my trike for 7 year and have done most of what you demonstrated which confirms what I have been doing. The magic was your tutorial on the chain, and reinstalling the rear wheel smoother.

Thank you so much. Great video and learned so much.

Instead of using the proper terminology, like brake cable or cable adjust barrel for whatever you are adjusting, many times you say turn this or that and I have no idea what you are pointing to.

What is the different between the terratrike Maverick and the Catrike Max? there is $2000 different.

So given travel restrictions is there a place on Vancouver Island BC where I could get my trike serviced? And do you have fat tires or ones without tubes

Could we have a video on how to take off rear tires with nuvinci hubs

Great video I told my wife she needs to watch about changing the tire... Her response was I'll call you... We both just bought our first trikes this weekend

can I use any size 20/26 tire or are there specific styles to use?

Muito bom amigo.👏👏👏👏

I wish England had good stores like Laid Back Cycles. But we have to just put up with know one that knows a damn thing about maintenance for recumbents. Most people haven't seen them either.

Good video James thanks for sharing enjoyed the video.😉😎🇦🇹

10:55 Speaking of things that will get you home short term. I've had success using chewing gum. Chew it up, then mixing it with fine sand or dirt, then packing it into the hole, while the tube is still on the bike. I did this once when I ran over a construction nail, chewed up the gum real fast, then pulled the nail, and pushed the gum into the hole with the nail while the tire was still bleeding air. Then I repumped the tire. This is not a solution I enjoy employing, but it has saved my butt on three occasions, and worked WAY better than I thought it would when I first had to try it out of sheer desperation. When I got home (several miles away) I still had full pressure! The real down side with it is it's really only good for larger holes (nail sized not sticker sized), so if it's a smaller hole you'll have to increase the size, and you'll need an object to both do that and to pack the hole with. This is a lot easier when you can use the object that made the hole to start with. You also need to have air in the tire while you do this. A completely flat tire will be very difficult to work with, but you can pump it back up (if the hole isn't too big), to do the "repair".

Nicely done demo, learned from your kind instructional.

Good video james. Ariel

Non technical teacher, very good!!!! Thank you!!!!

Just picked up another one (used, this time) - the rear hubs are stuck on the axles - I am guessing they corroded on because the hubs are aluminum and the axles are steel) - anyway - I have 2 damaged rear wheels that need repairing (broken spokes) and can't get these rims off the axles on the bike - HELP.

Thank you so much. As the comment below says “Every trikes needs to see this” and I totally agree. Do you have an agency in Australia. I do like the look of that trike.

Great video 😊

So glad they didn't edit out the "OOPs" bits. we all have those and most try to pretend they don't. very good video.

Do you have any videos for adjusting front hub bearings on a ICE Adventure trike?