Repairing A Flat Tire - Schwinn S-14 Cruiser Owner's Manual

6 Maintenance

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 the tire tube
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.
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❾ Insert the valve stem through valve stem hole in rim.
❿ Start at the valve stem and install the first bead onto the
rim. Repeat for the second bead.
⓫ Slowly inflate the tire tube, checking the tire is seated
properly and not pinched as the tire tube is inflated.
⓬ Inflate to recommended pressure (see tire sidewall).