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Just a quick tip for those contemplating taking a tyre off the rim, to fix a puncture in the middle of knowhere:
Use the side stand to break the bead on the tyre. Place the wheel on the floor, lean the bike over to the right, just enough to get the tyre under the side stand, then lean the bike back over to the left, and apparently the combined weight of rider pushing and bike will break the bead. Then it's innertube out, patch on, tyre back on and reinflate.
Sounds easy, but in the middle of knowhere, by yourself, night time, etc.....I bet it isn't !
Come to think about it, you couldn't do it by yourself. How would you keep the bike on it's side stand with only one wheel on it ??
I don't know if this would actually work, I just read it somewhere.
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