# How to change a flat tire: feat. Lance Armstrong

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 17, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346 "2014-04-17T15:39:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346/1 "2014-04-17T15:39:45Z")

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[How the mighty have fallen](http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/gear-videos/bikes/How-to-Fix-a-Flat--with-Lance-Armstrong.html).

Most amusing part is that he forgot what the valve stem is called. 🙂

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**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2014, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346/2 "2014-04-17T15:48:37Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> [How the mighty have fallen](http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/gear-videos/bikes/How-to-Fix-a-Flat--with-Lance-Armstrong.html).
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> Most amusing part is that he forgot what the valve stem is called. 🙂

Someone in the team car has been doing it for years. Of course he’d forget things. 😉

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**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346/3 "2014-04-19T01:39:17Z")

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I’ve always inflated the new tube, deflated it, then inflated it again; to let it settle in smoothly. Also, I put some spit in the valve stems to be sure they don’t leak.

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**Author:** ![Nanoda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nanoda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nanoda)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346/4 "2014-04-19T21:32:34Z")

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> [@running\_coach](#):
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> Someone in the team car has been doing it for years. Of course he’d forget things. 😉

You’re not even kidding. The first guys I hung around with biking worked in bike stores, so I figured all bikers knew tons about the mechanics of bikes. Later I joined a road biking club and was surprised to find out some of the best riders couldn’t even adjust their brakes.

I’m kinda surprised anyone is getting him to shill for anything - some of my friends are pretty hostile to him after his entire debacle.

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**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2014, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-change-a-flat-tire-feat-lance-armstrong/686346/5 "2014-04-19T21:35:06Z")

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> [@QuickSilver](#):
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> [How the mighty have fallen](http://www.outsideonline.com/featured-videos/gear-videos/bikes/How-to-Fix-a-Flat--with-Lance-Armstrong.html).
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> Most amusing part is that he forgot what the valve stem is called. 🙂

I would have thought that there was a faster way to cheat One’s way through that!