Originally Posted by SlinkyWizard

I've had a few flats before, on my hybrid, and despite having a spare tube, tire levers, and a pump in my bag, I just walked my bike to the LBS, ( In Korea, many within walking distance from nearly anywhere ) mainly because I was too nervous to change a flat myself. What if I couldn't get the wheel off? what if I punctured the tube trying to put the tire back on, what if I couldn't put the wheel back in place etc.

Today, while cleaning the wife's bike, a Specialized Como 2.0 e bike, the back tire completely deflated, I pumped up the tire, but it deflated quickly. At least 2km out from one of the LBS's, I thought bugger it, I'm going fix the flat. The flat was on the inner side of the tube , facing the rim .

The bike has Nimbus Sport Reflect, 650b x 2.3", so quite large, and no quick release, luckily GCN had a couple of change tire videos, so off I went, the whole process took about 40 minutes, but what an experience, luckily all went well, but so glad I conquered my fear of changing a flat.

Here's hoping for no more flats but at least now, I have the confidence of fixing it myself, hopefully successfully here on out.