This article has been freshly updated as part of our 'New to Riding' week, running from March 10 to March 17, with a special focus on tips, tricks and inspiration for new riders. At some point as a ...

Fix a Busted Tire with a Buck Flatten your bike tire on a thorn and you can patch the inner tube or swap in a new one—no problem. Damage the tire itself (say, by tearing your sidewall on a sharp rock) ...

Max Sullivan was going back and fourth from garage to garage, rolling bicycle tires along the floor or looping flat inner tubes on his outstretched arm before getting them pumped up with air. He ...