Can you change a rear flat?

[abejita]

Ha, the one time I had a flat on my car while by myself I couldn't get the lugnuts to budge and decided that a stretch of divided highway with cars whizzing by at 75+mph was no place to dicker-around with a flat tire on the traffic side of the car (especially as I had my kid with me...seeing mom get pasted by a semi didn't seem like the best memory for him to have). I wasn't far from home and called my hubby...even his 250# self struggled to get them off. That's what cell phones are for, IMO.
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When I got my first car, my dad gave me a cheater bar (I pipe really, you slip it over the end of the wrench that comes with the car) With the extra foot and a half of leverage, I can always get the lug nuts off. I've had one in every car since (and hubby's car too)

[nscrbug]

So...guess what all this talk about changing a rear flat got me??? A rear flat on my ride this morning. But since I was with my riding partner, I only "assisted" in the tire change...he did most of it. Mainly because we were trying to be at a certain destination point by a certain time. It still took the two of us, at least 15 minutes. I always worry about flatting again at some point in the ride...and this time, I had good reason to since we were about 35 miles from home. But I always carry 2 tubes, and 2 C02 cartridges...plus he had an extra tube and 2 cartridges so I think we were in pretty good shape. Despite my flat, we continued on to complete our first 100-miler of the season...which is always a major accomplishment for me. I'm sore and achey, but I'm proud of myself.

Linda