Recumbent Trike Maintenance Workshop

Recumbent trike workshop covering basic adjustments, maintenance and safety, i.e. changing a tire, lube points, and more.

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[mikerepairsstuff]

Great video. I appreciated the chain lube part when you said to lube the inside because the inside mates with the gears.

[kdm]

One important step left out of the video is to run you fingers inside and around the tire before replacing the new or repaired tube. Doing so you might find a thorn or a piece of glass still sticking through the tire to the interior and if it isn't removed it will just flatten the new tube again.

[afsteelersfan]

Great video I told my wife she needs to watch about changing the tire... Her response was I'll call you... We both just bought our first trikes this weekend

[davidhannah]

I always check the inner side of the tire before I put a new tube or a patch to back in, reason why, because you could have some debris is punctured through the tire still on the inside so I need to do is take your fingers and feel around lightly for any projection that’s still could be in the rubber tire.

Love the video

[jimhunter]

Thank you for a very informative video. I've owned my trike for 7 year and have done most of what you demonstrated which confirms what I have been doing. The magic was your tutorial on the chain, and reinstalling the rear wheel smoother.

[markfeldman]

fabulous video and a “ must see” for all trikers. now I am prepared to take care of the basic stuff that can and probably will happen! emailed it to myself and saved it for quick review when I need to so the repairs. thanks again! you do a great job!

[a.e.w.]

Great video, wish you guys were my neighborhood shop, you would get all my business for posting such a helpful video.

[clydeharless]

So glad they didn't edit out the "OOPs" bits. we all have those and most try to pretend they don't. very good video.

[SDPickups]

Good video EXCEPT for the rear flat catastrophe. The odds of finding a large box or bag to prop up you trike to take the tire out, are like a gazillion billion to one ;-) Everything looks so easy on a bike jack ;-) In the real world, us mere mortals would probably flip our trikes upside down. I think it might be possible to get the tire open enough to pull out most of the tube, pump it up and try to find the leak, so no wheel removal hassles, but I just don't know. The idea of getting a rear tire flat scares the hell out of me. I'm 71 and dealing with that would be like major panic attack time. I'm using the Schwalbe flat proof tires and so far in over ten years have never gotten a flat with those tires. The quick links thing I've never heard of so, will have to grab a couple of those for the tool kit. I STILL WANT TO SEE A REAL HUMAN DEMONSTRATE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD HOW TO DEAL WITH A REAR FLAT TIRE, something believable.

[pamelawherey]

Non technical teacher, very good!!!! Thank you!!!!

[douglastittel]

The first thing you should do after patching or replacing the tube, and before reinstalling the tube is to check the inside of the tire to make sure there is not a thorn or nail sticking through the inside of the tire. If these are not removed, the tube will be damaged again.

[harveysbricksandcollectibl]

Awesome video I am so glad I order my Performer JC70 from you all.

[dabuzzard]

Thank You James very informative as always.

[kenjileach]

Thank you so much. Great video and learned so much.

[bujin]

10:55 Speaking of things that will get you home short term. I've had success using chewing gum. Chew it up, then mixing it with fine sand or dirt, then packing it into the hole, while the tube is still on the bike. I did this once when I ran over a construction nail, chewed up the gum real fast, then pulled the nail, and pushed the gum into the hole with the nail while the tire was still bleeding air. Then I repumped the tire. This is not a solution I enjoy employing, but it has saved my butt on three occasions, and worked WAY better than I thought it would when I first had to try it out of sheer desperation. When I got home (several miles away) I still had full pressure! The real down side with it is it's really only good for larger holes (nail sized not sticker sized), so if it's a smaller hole you'll have to increase the size, and you'll need an object to both do that and to pack the hole with. This is a lot easier when you can use the object that made the hole to start with. You also need to have air in the tire while you do this. A completely flat tire will be very difficult to work with, but you can pump it back up (if the hole isn't too big), to do the "repair".

[paullyle]

Good video James thanks for sharing enjoyed the video.😉😎🇦🇹

[uurspme]

Nicely done demo, learned from your kind instructional.

[eternaloptimist]

Fixing a flat, you're going to want to find the hole even if you're fitting a new tube; otherwise the thorn or flint or glass shard will likely stick right through that new tube too.

[brucefarrar]

One step was missed when fixing flat...before inserting new or repaired tube, search inside of tire for the item that caused the leak.

[midknightK]

I wish England had good stores like Laid Back Cycles. But we have to just put up with know one that knows a damn thing about maintenance for recumbents. Most people haven't seen them either.