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<p style="font-size: 18pt; font-weight:bold; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/taking-care-of-your-equipment-changing-a-flat-tire/">Taking care of your equipment: Changing a flat tire</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif';">Posted June 28, 2008 at 12:00 PM by Martinique Haller</p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Cycling, like other sports requires the use of equipment--your bike. It’s important to know how to maintain your equipment whether that means tightening the trucks on your skateboard, or wrapping grip tape around your tennis racket. It’s a good idea to know how to do it yourself.&nbsp; I decided to take myself at my word and learn how to change flat tires a few weeks ago. I have the grand advantage of being married to a woman who knows a lot about bikes; she’s worked in a bike shop for four years and is happy to take care of my bike for me from lubing it, cleaning it, to adjusting the brakes, airing up the tires, and changing my flats. But I have always been an avid cyclist of my own…<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/taking-care-of-your-equipment-changing-a-flat-tire/">(<a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/taking-care-of-your-equipment-changing-a-flat-tire/">Continued...</a>)<br clear="all" /><br> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'"><a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/taking-care-of-your-equipment-changing-a-flat-tire/">Read the full article...</a> | <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/comment/taking-care-of-your-equipment-changing-a-flat-tire/">Comment on this post</a></p> <p style="font-size: 10pt; font-weight:normal; font-family:arial, 'sans-serif'">Filed under: <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-fitness/">her-fitness</a>, <a href="http://www.heractivelife.com/women/archive/category/her-gear-apparel/">her-gear-apparel</a><br /><br /> </P>