Tuesday, March 1, 2016

Changing a Flat - Where do you put your bike?


What do you do with your bike when changing a flat?  Personally I love my bikes too much to turn them upside-down such that it is making contact with the ground with its saddle and brake/shifter hoods.

If you are riding in a group one of the other rides should hold your bike and heckle you as you fumble your flat repair.  At the very least someone should be timing you :)

Here are a couple ways to deal with you bike if you are alone...

This is the classic.  Hang your bicycle by the nose of the saddle from a tree branch.  My preferred method.

Lay your bike drivetrain side up in the grass.

Hang your bike from any nearby thing by the nose of the seat.

Carefully hang it by the handlebars over a fence drive side out.



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