sheet metal screw damaged my tire, tube, and rim<\/a>.<\/p>\nRepairing a flat tube seems to be pretty easy. I just removed the valve stem, flattened the tube, cleaned the area with isopropyl alcohol, scuffed it up with sandpaper, cleaned it again, applied the rubber cement, waited for that to dry, peeled the patch from the backing, solidly squished the patch in place peeled the protective top layer off, and called it done.<\/p>\n
I then pumped up the tube a bit and let it sit for a while to see if it’d lose pressure, and it didn’t. I then re-flattened it, folded it up, tucked it in an old sock, and put it in my bag as a spare. Yay!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My First Repaired Flat(Click for full size…) I repaired my first bike tube flat today. I was able to use one of the wide patches…<\/p>\n
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<\/a>My First Repaired Flat