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Carefully check the outside and inside of the tire for the cause of the
puncture and remove the cause if it is still there. If the tire is cut, line
the inside of the tire in the area of the cut with something handy – tape,
a spare patch, a piece of inner tube, a dollar bill – whatever will keep
the cut from pinching the inner tube.
Either patch the tube (follow the instructions in your patch kit), or use a
new one.
WARNING: Patching a tube is an emergency repair. Careless patching
or applying several patches can seriously weaken the tube, resulting
in possible tube failure, which could cause you to loose control and
fall. Replace a patched tube as soon as possible.
Reinstall the tire and tube. Slip one tire bead over the rim. Insert the
tube valve through its hole in the rim, but don’t secure it with the lock-
nut yet. Feed the tube carefully into the cavity of the tire. Inflate the
tube just enough to give it some shape. Starting at the valve stem and
working around both sides of the rim to the side opposite the valve stem,
use your thumbs to push and seat the other bead of the tire inside the
rim. Be careful not to pinch the tube between the tire bead and the
wheel rim. If you have trouble getting the last few inches of bead over
the edge of the rim with thumb pressure, use a tire lever and be careful
not to pinch the tube.
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