Repair Bike in Field

Quite often, during cycling, and sometimes in long bike tour, there would be bike event of a breakdown. But it is not always required for their removal tool is at hand. So, you’d better take the bicycle mechanic tool set while cycling. Later in the article are some tips on how to repair the bike in this situation.

Puncture wheels, spare camera is missing.

The first way is the localization of the puncture site. It is necessary to pump chamber, for hiss to determine where the breakdown. With the help of the pump nipple upload about 300 grams of water. Next, you need to install the wheel downward thrust to the hole was covered with water pumped into the chamber. Inflate the air chamber. Water covering the hole will prevent the exit of air. The process will drive puncture periodically to open, but the leak will be significantly less than if no water. At regular intervals, you need to stop and pump up the wheel.

The second way - remove the wheel and determine where the hole is. At this point, you need to cut in half the camera if there is a knife, use the front teeth of the sprocket. The ends of the cut tie with the camera using a conventional unit. The camera should be very careful pulling on the rim, because the diameter decreased. Inflate it to a minimum and slowly roll home.

Broken rear derailleur bracket (cock).

Rooster is made ​​removable to time fall broke consumable components, not part of the frame, after which it will become worthless. Damage to the rooster is a common problem, especially for fans of extreme driving or in case of transporting the bike transport. Continue on impossible, unless of course there is no substitute. If you do not, get a squeeze (which it is desirable to have at itself), remove the chain. The switch put in a backpack, shorten the chain with husks so that the opportunity to make singlspid (single-speed bicycle). The chain should be long enough to not subsided, sitting on the sprockets. This can be achieved by removing a few links. If you have a chain lock, the process will go much faster.

Bent cock hit the spokes of the foot switch.

In this situation, the foot cannot come back, you will need to make singlspid by shortening the length of the chain. And the bike repair tools get their job. If luck is on your side and the foot is intact (there are situations where the spokes broke out, and the foot is not damaged) - to align the cock.  It should look at the first attempt, when dragged, it is necessary to bend the back, a high probability that can crack the cock. After such rectification, do not use lower gears on the cassette. Rooster is likely facing inward and putting on the last star circuit, you can drive in the spokes of the foot switch. Once home, get some new cock, bent to be replaced. One or two bending cannot damage it, but may form a crack, and it will break in lifting a load, the foot will be in the spokes, and you collapse on one side.