Tips on How to Change the Inner Tube on a Bike

Cycling is a green way of life, a pleasant habit to live. And of course, it is not without one of our protagonists - the bike. It is also important to take good care of this great helper of ours and to know more about it, such as how to repair it when it encounters a little trouble - a broken inner tube.

You may think that changing the inner tube of your bike is a difficult and laborious task. After reading the next few tips we've shared, we're sure you'll be able to experience the joy of changing an inner tube yourself - with just a few simple gadgets and the time it takes you to play a relaxing computer game.

First, you will need a pump, two or three pry tire rods, a suitable-sized spanner, and a spare inner tube. In general, any type of pump will do, so you don't have to worry about that. In addition, try to choose a tire iron bar with a clip on the end, which will fasten it to the spokes of your bike and make it easier and less stressful to handle. To add to this, you can also have a small box for the little disassembled parts that you can easily put back together.

With the preparations almost done, let's now get down to business.

How to change the inner tube on a bike? The first thing you need to do is to unscrew the valve core of your bike and remove the inner tube's valve retaining ring. At this point, you need to get out your spanner and unscrew the screw that holds it in place. Remember to save it, you'll have to put it back on later - it's not worth wasting time looking around for a small part.

Next, we'll give you a tip: after unscrewing the valve core, you’d better squeeze the whole tube with your hand from side to side to get the air out of it, which will make it easier to separate the outer and inner tubes of the bike more quickly later on. Time is money, and we would like to help you save as much time as possible when it comes to changing the inner tube on your bike.

We will now move on to the crucial first step: the correct use of a pry bar to separate the inner tube of a bike.

First, we can pinch the outer tire slightly to find the bead, then stick a pry tire rod into the gap to pick up the bead. If your pry bar has a catch that snaps onto the spokes of the bike, you will then be able to separate the outer tube from the inner tube quite easily.

Second, using another pry tire rod, insert it inside the bead between four and seven inches from the first one, and slowly stroke it outwards. Then snap the second pry tire rod onto the spokes, remove the first one and pick the next distance and repeat the previous action until the entire outer tube is separated from the inner tube. In this way, you can easily remove the old inner tube.

At this time we should not rush to put the inner tube on, we should check the outer tube for any spikes to avoid the new inner tube being punctured again. Once the check is correct, we are ready to put the new inner tube on. You can slightly inflate the inner tube, so it doesn't get tangled up.

Now, to put it together, we have to find the valve core on the inner tube, insert it into the hole in the bike wheelset and then slowly stuff the rest of the tube into the bike's outer tube. Finally, the outer tube is stuffed bit by bit into the wheel frame of the bike. If the outer tube is a little tight at the end of the assembly, use the pry tire rod to get it in.

Finally, after checking the whole tube once more, we can put the screws back in the valves, pump up the tire, screw the valve cores in place, and we’re done! We can go over the hills and splash our youth with our bikes again.

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