Changing tires on the Yuba is a pain. Especially the back one. Which is the only one that ever goes flat.

When I bought my bike last summer, I had horrible luck with flats. The original tube went flat, I found a gash on the inside but nothing on the rim that seemed suspicious. I added a NOS tire liner that was in my garage. I think it was Slime brand. I could not get the tire to seat with a new tube. The bead would not seat all the way around. I tried seating it four times, gave up and went to the LBS. The mechanic really struggled with it. I think he tried three times before it seated. Yay! Tire popped in my hand before I got out of the store! So the mechanic had to start again with a new tire. Re-lined the rim, installed new tube with tire liner, struggled a lot and success I was out the door.

One week later, I stop at a garage sale. When I get back on the bike, the rear tire is completely flat. WTF? Get it back home, take it apart, look for leaks and find nothing. The tube doesn't even blow bubbles in water. I find nothing stuck in the tire or rim. OK, get another new tube and here we go again. Struggle to get the tire seated. For whatever reason, the tire needs lube like WD-40 to seat. Lube and lots of working this way and that way. I have not had a flat since.

The moral of the story is you do not want to change flats on the Yuba. You have to remove the go-getters to get to brakes and axle nuts, not to mention being able to maneuver the wheel out and in. The bike is heavy which does not make it easy to get the wheel in and lined up for you to tighten the axle nuts. You can get the wheel out with the bike standing on the tail, but you'll notice the bike moves a little once you loosen the axle nuts. So you can't get the wheel all the way home when the bike is on the tail which means you have to get it sort of aligned, then get the bike on the ground without letting the wheel fall out. None of this is any fun on the side of the road with a 20 month old. It really wasn't that fun in my garage.