Boulder "Learn to Fix Your Bike" Group

Name: How to Fix a Flat Tire — Mountain Edition (Dec 3, 11:00 AM)
Start: 2025-12-03T18:00:00.000Z
End: 2025-12-03T19:00:00.000Z
Location: Standard Bike Repair

Boulder, CO, US

11 members · Public group

What we’re about

This group is for anyone who wants to learn how to fix their own bike, from basic maintenance to more advanced repair skills. Each workshop is led by Ryan, an experienced bike mechanic and facilitator who guides the group step-by-step.
We offer a mix of classes at different skill levels. Some sessions cover simple essentials—like fixing a flat, adjusting brakes, or tuning gears. Others go deeper into topics such as suspension service, shock maintenance, and dropper post repair.
Workshops will vary in cost based on the level of instruction and the parts or tools involved. We’ll offer a mix of weekday class times and an early evening classes to fit different schedules.
No experience needed: bring your bike and a willingness to learn.
Come build confidence, pick up new skills, and enjoy a relaxed, supportive environment.

Featured event

$30.00

1 seat left

Wed, Dec 3 · 11:00 AM MST

How to Fix a Flat Tire — Mountain Edition (Dec 3, 11:00 AM)

Standard Bike Repair, 7123 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO, US

A flat tire can be the end of a nice bike ride.

Many of the skills required to fix a flat on the road are the same as the mountain. However, many of you are riding tubeless tires in the mountains. We will go over the skill of fixing a tubeless tire. And if all else fails, putting a tube into your wheel/tire.

What we’ll go over:

How to quickly remove your wheel on the trail. (Front and rear, and go over how to navigate the potentially cumbersome disc brake caliper.)
Checking your tire, tube, and rim for causes of the flat.
How to seal a small hole with a tubeless plug or "bacon strip."
Proper inflation for mountain terrain.
What tools and spares you should always carry.
Tips for avoiding repeat flats on rocky, rooty, or loose trails.

This session is hands-on and beginner-friendly. Please bring YOUR BIKE. You will learn this if you are practicing on YOUR WHEEL.