Flat tires on a bike, a real pain ... Especially at the moment! Since the beginning of the deconfinement, the bicycle has become THE means of locomotion par excellence in Paris as well as in Île-de-France. If many Parisians are throwing themselves into bike stores, to buy an electric model or simply to repair it, it is still necessary to arrive at the right place without puncturing its tires! As we don't want you to end up alone on the edge of the 50 km of bike paths in the Greater Paris area, without any solutions, we give you our practical advice to avoid puncturing your tires, and especially to replace them.
First of all, it's about taking care of your wheels. Whether you are a simple amateur cyclist, a fan of rides, or a semi-professional at the doors of the Tour de France, there is no such thing as a 100% puncture-proof tire. What you need to check before taking the road is the pressure of your inner tube. If this term doesn't mean anything to you, here's a quick explanation: the inner tube is the thin rubber membrane that hides just under your tires. The perfect pressure represents the equivalent of 10% of the cyclist's weight. When you weigh 70 kg, you will have to adjust the pressure to 7 bars, without ever exceeding 8 bars in general, totally useless, even when you exceed 90 kg.
Of course, the ideal is to have a patch - the piece of rubber that fills the hole in your inner tube - and a pump always on you. But it's still organization... So now, if you checked your tire pressure, but unfortunately didn't pay attention to the little bits of glass on the road or the breadsticks, there are still emergency bike repair shops.
Wherever you are, at home, at the office, whatever, the Cyclofix platform offers to come to you, to repair a flat tire, a gear problem, or worn brakes. And good news, it's really cheap! Count 18 € for a tube change. We advise you to do it especially if it is the rear wheel that is concerned by the puncture, because it is never easy to remove with bare hands its gear wheels, or its fixed gear... Now that you know everything, it only remains to wish you good road !
