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Old 09-17-11 | 05:27 AM
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rim tape

Hey guys. Last night I wanted to rotate my tires front to back. (rear tire was starting to get a flat spot on the top of the tire) I had just gotten done putting the front tire back togeather and was working on the rear.

All the suddon. PPPPPPSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHTTTTTTT! I watch the front tire I had leaned up against my box blow all its air over. I was kind mad. I layed the rear tire that I was working on aside and grabed the front and took the wheel off. The tube had blown a small hole down into one of the spoke holes. Uppon further inspection. the rim tape has been pushed down into the spoke holes in a concave divot. WTF? so I put a patch on the tube cand called it a night.

So here I am today wondering what to do. I dont want to try and put another tube (or the same patched up tube) into the wheel with it being like that. So I have a few questions. I could stop by the lbs, there happens to be one less than 5min from my hose. Or I could wait and order velo plugs. But we are supposed to have a short window of nice weather sun-wed that I wanted to use for riding.

What do you guys think?
Thanks
Sean Scott
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