Tire/tube mysteriously losing air?
12-23-15, 10:25 AM
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12-23-15, 11:44 AM
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12-23-15, 02:22 PM
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I'm the type of person who doesn't like to waste stuff/money, especially on brand new stuff, and I typically use things until totally worn out such that I can't fix it keep using it. The last tube in this tire had 4 patches on it. The tire was very low one evening after riding home from work, so I chalked it up to just on old, worn out tube. That's when I put in this new one that I'd been keeping on hand as a spare. Yes I checked the tire for debris inside.
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12-28-15, 09:12 AM
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Hey folks, I did end up finding the tiniest of pinhole leak with the tube inflated to at least 2-3" diameter. The rubber cement in my patch kit is dried up so I put in another tube I had and will patch this one later.
12-28-15, 09:23 AM
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Did you find what was poking through your tire to cause the hole in the tube...?
12-28-15, 10:54 AM
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If you did not look carefully at the tire,on the inside, to look for something, even a small mark where the tire was punctured, you have not finished the job. You may flat again. You might not find something, but you need to look very carefully every single time. This is why stems are lined up with the tire label when being installed. If this is done, when you find the puncture, put tube next to the tire and line up the stem with the label on the tire. You now can locate the area in the tire that caused the puncture. Start by looking there first. If the puncture is on the side of the tube against the wheel, the same thing can be done for looking for something sharp on the wheel.
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