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Old 12-12-12 | 07:09 PM
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Originally Posted by nishikiaero
Thanks for everyone's tips. It was a tiny hole on the seam of the tube, must've been a bit of debris floating around. I've given it a good clean but didn't find anything. No spokes are sticking through the rim tape either. I reckon it must've been a tiny shard of glass or something. I have a patch kit and small pump now just in case. Fingers crossed I can finally finish a long ride!
Good luck with your ride! Also, one thing I have had before was a little piece of glass that only showed up whenever I flexed the tire. If the tire wasn't flexed, the glass was completely hidden in the rubber. Whenever it flexed, such as when you would hit a bump or have it compress just wrong, the glass would puncture the tube. An easy way to check for this is to bend the tire at any points where you see small cuts and look for something shiny in them. You didn't buy really cheap tubes did you? Once, I had 2 out of 4 really cheap tubes in a pack that had small punctures in seams near the valve when they were brand new. Luckily, I found the leaks whenever I put a bit of air in them before installing.
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