Can you change a rear flat?

[tulip]

<----- But ... but ... but ... it has to match my blue tires ...

My bike is red with a black fork and black seat stays. My tires are black with red stripes. My handlebar tape is black. There are very practical reasons that handlebar tape and cycling shorts should always be black.

[hebe]

This is a very useful thread, thank you everone for all the links and advice. I haven't changed a flat yet. No excuse, but my errand rides are still so short that I could walk the bike home in less time than it would take to fix the flat, and my off-road rides are a 5mile loop from my front door. That won't always be the case though and I should really fix this gap in my knowledge.

Crankin and others, I get the whole spatial awareness thing. I turned my bike upside down to unjam the chain, and it looked like a completely different thing to me. Swapping pedals between bikes was a real moment of enlightenment as I tried to work out which way to turn the wrench for each pedal.

[Norse]

Once upon a time I was out for a solo ride and had a rear flat. I did not know how to remedy this, DP was unavailable and I had to sit and wait for a cab to take me and the bike back home. I was determined that this would never happen again. I looked at several "DYI" websites and then had the guys at the LBS show me, several times, how to do it. I went home and practiced. The first time, I think it took over 1/2 an hour. I have since had to change several rear flats and it takes me about 15 - 20 minutes usually, 10 if I get lucky. I have even helped one of the guys I sometimes ride with and he said he was glad I was there because it would have taken him forever!