Bike Maintenance Tips, Tricks & Techniques (Digital)

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Patching UST tubeless tyres

Although flats are less likely with UST tyres, they do happen. If you’re out riding, often the easiest thing to do is to stick an ordinary tube into the tyre (see opposite page) and fix it when you get home.
Once you get home, patch the tyre. Tyres are expensive, and patches work, so it’s worth the effort. Finding the hole can be the tricky bit! Pump as much air as you can into the tyre and listen for hissing from the hole. Look carefully for a thorn or other spiky object sticking out of the carcass; you may also spot sealant bubbling out of the hole. Sometimes the hole is tiny and hard to locate, and you have to submerge the inflated wheel in water to look for the bubbles. This is much more awkward than doing the same process with a tube! Once you’ve located the hole, mark it carefully or you will lose the place! I usually draw a circle in ballpoint around the hole, then draw…
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