1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,940 C: You explained how it works with a car. But how about when your bike has a flat tire? 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:03,040 A: [Towards M] With the lever. 3 00:00:04,220 --> 00:00:05,680 A: Um, yes. 4 00:00:07,220 --> 00:00:08,760 A: [Towards M] But I never have problems with my bike. 5 00:00:10,620 --> 00:00:12,340 A: [Towards M] I’ve never had a flat tire. 6 00:00:12,340 --> 00:00:15,060 A: When the tires are low on air, I go to the gas station and use their pumps to inflate my tires. 7 00:00:15,060 --> 00:00:18,840 A: Or, for example, the valve may be too big for a normal air pump, then that doesn’t get you ver far. 8 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:24,040 A: Then I have to go to the gas station and use their pump to inflate the tire, and that’s it. 9 00:00:23,700 --> 00:00:25,040 B: But, you/ 10 00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:26,300 A: That happens sometimes, but having a completely flat and broken tire? 11 00:00:26,300 --> 00:00:27,540 A: I can’t do that, I’d have to throw it in the trash. 12 00:00:27,540 --> 00:00:29,160 A: I’d have to get a new tire and put it on. 13 00:00:29,160 --> 00:00:30,140 A: But that doesn’t really happen. 14 00:00:30,140 --> 00:00:32,560 C: A completely new tire? 15 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:33,840 A: Yes, if I feel like it. 16 00:00:33,840 --> 00:00:36,300 A: I don’t like to spend hours fiddling around with bits and pieces. 17 00:00:36,300 --> 00:00:39,100 A: With these things, I’d rather buy a new one, and then I put in a new tire and I’m done with it. 18 00:00:38,260 --> 00:00:39,740 B: But, you, I/ 19 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:44,100 C: But how do you mount the new tire? 20 00:00:41,080 --> 00:00:43,720 A: [Towards M] Um, no, I don’t patch up a flat or punctured tire. 21 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:45,600 A: No, I dump the tire. 22 00:00:44,060 --> 00:00:44,600 A: REIFEN1B 23 00:00:44,060 --> 00:00:44,600 A: reifen 24 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:45,160 A: MÜLL3* 25 00:00:44,820 --> 00:00:45,160 A: müll 26 00:00:45,280 --> 00:00:45,520 A: $INDEX1 27 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,280 A: And I put a new tire on the bike, a green one. 28 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:45,840 A: NEU4A 29 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:45,840 A: neu 30 00:00:46,100 --> 00:00:46,380 A: $PROD* 31 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:46,900 A: GRÜN8 32 00:00:46,500 --> 00:00:46,900 A: grün 33 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,420 C: A completely new wheel with spokes? 34 00:00:47,040 --> 00:00:47,400 A: RAD2* 35 00:00:48,760 --> 00:00:51,580 A: [Towards M] Yes, that too. 36 00:00:51,580 --> 00:00:53,000 A: Yes, if it’s new and modern? 37 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:54,760 A: Then I’ll put on a whole new wheel, why not? 38 00:00:57,460 --> 00:00:58,160 A: Well. 39 00:00:57,640 --> 00:00:58,360 B: You/ 40 00:00:59,880 --> 00:01:02,440 B: But if you’re stuck somewhere in a village, for example? 41 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:04,620 B: Your bike breaks down and all the shops are closed. 42 00:01:04,620 --> 00:01:06,380 B: What do you do, you need the bike to continue your trip. 43 00:01:06,380 --> 00:01:07,520 B: How would you repair it? 44 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:08,960 B: You could/ 45 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:10,440 B: So for example, you’re in a village. 46 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,580 B: If something happened to you there, you couldn’t just go and buy something because everything is closed. 47 00:01:13,580 --> 00:01:13,920 B: What do you do? 48 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:14,900 B: You’ve got plans, you want to meet somebody somewhere. 49 00:01:14,900 --> 00:01:17,140 B: You look at it and you think, oh, that’s easy to repair. 50 00:01:17,140 --> 00:01:18,420 B: You have to tinker with it, screw a bit here and there, and so on. 51 00:01:18,420 --> 00:01:19,080 B: What exactly does that look like? 52 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:21,340 B: You take a look at it and then, what do you to, stuck somewhere in a village? 53 00:01:21,340 --> 00:01:22,400 B: How would that work, what would that look like? 54 00:01:22,300 --> 00:01:27,200 A: [Towards M] But you could also take along something for the bike just to be safe, or you could place it under the seat. 55 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:27,820 A: I can’t remember what it’s called right now. 56 00:01:27,820 --> 00:01:30,460 A: You always carry it along just to be safe, in case your bike breaks down or has a flat tire. 57 00:01:30,460 --> 00:01:33,040 A: In case of emergency you can use the air pump to inflate the tire. 58 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:35,820 A: But you don’t pump in air, but some kind of glue which coats the inside of the inner tube and seals it. 59 00:01:35,820 --> 00:01:38,100 A: Once that hardens you can continue riding reasonably well. 60 00:01:38,100 --> 00:01:40,180 A: Once you’re back home you can repair it properly. 61 00:01:40,180 --> 00:01:41,840 A: You can also do it like that. 62 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:43,360 C: But what would that repair look like? 63 00:01:41,980 --> 00:01:45,540 A: [Towards M] Yes, in order to repair the tire you need to/ 64 00:01:45,540 --> 00:01:46,960 A: I could show you a lot better with a real bike. 65 00:01:46,960 --> 00:01:48,640 A: If I’m just thinking about it I have no clue how to do it anymore. 66 00:01:48,640 --> 00:01:52,320 A: Um, first, you need to loosen the axle nuts, which are located at the end of the bike fork. 67 00:01:52,320 --> 00:01:54,500 A: First, you loosen and take off the axle nut on one side, then on the other side. 68 00:01:54,500 --> 00:01:55,840 A: I take the wheel down/ 69 00:01:55,840 --> 00:01:56,760 A: You pull the wheel downwards out of the fork. 70 00:01:56,760 --> 00:01:58,840 A: Of course it’s easier if you first turn the bike upside down. 71 00:01:58,840 --> 00:01:59,860 A: That’s easier, I didn’t think of that, well. 72 00:01:59,860 --> 00:02:00,940 A: So flip it over first. 73 00:02:00,940 --> 00:02:03,160 A: Then you loosen the nuts on each side and put them aside. 74 00:02:03,160 --> 00:02:04,620 A: Then you lift the wheel off the bike. 75 00:02:04,620 --> 00:02:07,900 A: Then you have to pry the tire off the rim bit by bit. 76 00:02:07,900 --> 00:02:10,760 A: But first you have to take the fixing ring off the valve, then you can take down the whole tire from the rim. 77 00:02:10,760 --> 00:02:12,120 A: After that, you can pull it off completely. 78 00:02:12,120 --> 00:02:14,560 A: Then you take the new inner tube and push the valve through the opening in the rim. 79 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:15,840 A: You put the inner tube back onto the rim. 80 00:02:15,840 --> 00:02:18,260 A: Then, um, the tire needs to fill with air. 81 00:02:18,260 --> 00:02:20,060 A: Or you use the air pump to inflate it. 82 00:02:20,060 --> 00:02:21,920 A: Then you push the tire back onto the rim and adjust it. 83 00:02:21,920 --> 00:02:23,600 A: You put the wheel back on and fasten the nuts, I guess. 84 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:25,020 A: I think that’s how it works but I haven’t done it myself yet. 85 00:02:25,020 --> 00:02:26,520 A: I’ve seen it though, yes. 86 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:27,320 A: But I haven’t done it myself. 87 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:28,860 A: But I think that’s roughly how you can imagine it.