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So, you've realized that one of your tires is flat. We've gone through removing the brakes,
opening them up. The next step would be to use your quick release lever to remove the
wheel from the bike. Now, most quick release levers are labeled "Open On One Side", it
would be hard to see but it is usually there. So, you'd actually turn this lever outward
to expose the side that says open. Now on most bikes at this point, the wheel will not
come out in the front, that's because there's little recesses that hold it on, little flanges
down here. So the next step is to unscrew it enough so that the quick release skewer
clears the fork blades. Once that's free you can remove it and begin working on the wheel.
However, we're going to put this front wheel back on and we're going to work on the rear
wheel because, not only do you have to know how to take both wheels off, flats are almost
always on the rear.