How to change a bicycle inner tube easily

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· 12.02.2017

Photo: Robert Niedring

How to change a bicycle inner tube easily

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Anyone can change a bicycle inner tube. If you follow these steps exactly, you can safely remove any tyre and put it back on the rim without a tyre lever.

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In nine steps, we show you how to change a bicycle inner tube on a mountain bike in a short time:

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1. after a puncture, you must first completely loosen the bicycle tyre and press it into the rim well on one side. Only then can the tyre be levered outwards over the rim flange in the next step.

2 To change the inner tube, it is sufficient to lever the tyre out of the rim on one side only. Start at the valve and work your way forward either by pushing (image) or pulling until the tyre bead is released from the rim.

3. remove the defective inner tube and check the inside (by feeling with your hand) and outside of the tyre for foreign objects. Thorns, stones or similar objects must be removed before inserting the new inner tube.

4 Inflate the new inner tube so that it does not become knotted or twisted and close the valve again. It should only be inflated so far that it no longer has any kinks, but can still be inserted easily.

5. start again at the valve and insert it into the valve hole of the rim first. To prevent the valve from slipping out again, you can also secure it with the knurled nut supplied.

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