Repairing A Flat Tire - Schwinn S14 Folding Bicycle Owner's Manual

RePAIRING A fLAt tIRe

WARNING!
An unseated tire can rupture unexpectedly and cause serious
injury or death. Be sure the tire is properly seated when
inflating the tube.
Follow these steps to fix a flat tire:
❶ Match tube size and tire size (see tire sidewall for size).
❷ Remove the wheel from the bicycle. Deflate tire completely.
❸ Squeeze the tire beads into the center of the rim.
❹ Opposite the valve, use a bicycle tire lever to pry the tire
bead up and out of the rim. Repeat around the wheel until
one bead is off the rim.
❺ Remove tube. Release second tire bead.
❻ Remove tire.
❼ Carefully inspect inside of the rim and tire for the cause of
the flat.
❽ Inflate the tube ¼ full and place inside tire.
❾ Insert the valve stem through valve stem hole in rim.
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❿ Start at the valve stem and install the first bead onto the
rim. Repeat for the second bead.
⓫ Slowly inflate the tire, checking the tire is seated properly
and not pinched as the tire is inflated.
⓬ Inflate to recommended pressure (see tire sidewall).
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