Originally Posted by
fletchh
Yesterday, going home, I picked up some glass where I know to look for it. I changed the tube. I got a couple miles and it went flat, so I pumped it up and rode a couple more miles. After getting within a couple
I get a lot of those mystery flats from my back alley. It is often from little pieces of wire and not glass. Very hard to see. These days I spend a lot more time locating the area of the leak on the tube and using that to locate the corresponding area on the tire. Then inspecting the tire until I can find the culprit. More time-consuming, but way better than getting a flat on your new tube.