Can you change a rear flat?

[Cataboo]

Bluetree should fly out and see Crankin & Ridenread and teach them how to do a rear flat.

Crankin - do you carry a camera or a cell phone when you ride? If you do and have to do a rear flat, maybe take a picture of the rear chainline before removing the wheel, so that you have something to guide you when you're ready to put the wheel back on. I do that with trail maps when hiking or mountain biking - take a picture, and zoom in on the camera image when I think I might be lost. I have carbon handlebars, but pretty much they are covered in handlebar tape across the flat area - so as long as I put the bike down gently upside down, the bars, saddle & handlebar tape don't get hurt. I do think it's easier to do it upside down than with the bike lying on its side. If you put the tire back on when it's upside down and the bike is in the smallest gear, gravity and the chain just guides the wheel back in virtually by itself without you really having to know what it's supposed to look like.

I ride by myself mostly, so yes, I can do a rear tire.

Zoom-zoom - the tire irons that come with modern cars are way too short to get leverage on especially when your tires have been put on by an air wrench. I replace 'em with an old long tire iron when I first get a car. I also carry a short section of pipe that I can slide over the tire iron to increase how long a lever iron I have. The pipe is actually part of the shaft for a collapsable shovel I keep in my car. Basically I stand on the end of the lever arm while holding on to the roof rack of my car and jump up and down till I can get the lug nut free.