Originally Posted by
kmac27
I'm so disappointed in my new fixie. I've had it for maybe 100-150 miles and I have had 3 consecutive flats in 1 week. I have checked the rims and found nothing, I have checked the thread and nothing. Every flat I have had has been such a tiny hole in the inner tube that I sometimes couldn't even see it.
Do I just need to buy a new tire, or is the rim screwed up?
Where exactly is the hole in the tube? Is it on the inside or the outside (rim side or tire side)? Did you run your thumb around the inside of the tire to find anything stuck in the tire? Did you carefully inspect the outside to see if there's any small cuts?
(The last has got me a couple times- a very small cut allows the tube to push through the tire just enough so it wears on the ground. Get a flat, fix it, 20 miles later it wears through goes flat again. Really frustrating.)