I'm a relative newbie at changing flats. Wife and I went for a long ride Saturday and got up this morning for an easy ride. She immediately notices her front tire is flat so I pull out the tire tools and tube from my seat bag, grab the pump and get busy.
Right away find the problem. Nail in the tire (if valve stem was at 12 o'clock position, nail is at 3 o'clock).
Included the valve cap to give you some idea of relative size of the nail.
I remove and replace tube, pump everything up, and we have a relaxing ride after all. But I'm unsure now if I need to actually patch the inside of the tire, or if I'm OK as is.. Any thoughts or suggestions? Thanks.