Originally Posted by Avalanche325
The website that barba mentions will have all of your answers.
The first things that you should learn are how to properly clean and lubricate the chain. Checking and pumping up your tires. And, as you have already discovered, how to fix a flat. For any of this to work, you need to have the proper tools with you. Knowing how to change a tube won't help if you are 20 miles away from home without a spare or a patch kit.
It is all pretty easy stuff.
I do keep a set of tire levers, a spare tube and a pump in my backpack. If I was stranded I could probably eventually figure it out, or more likely flag down someone more experienced to help me. I'll check out that website and see how it goes!