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Old 10-07-14 | 10:26 PM
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PaulRivers
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Originally Posted by cooker
Thanks - For the first one it was high on the outside (crown) and seemed to match the spot where there was a piece of fine wire (like a mangled staple) in the tire. The second tube puncture was also in the crown area, so probably not due to a problem with the rim, unless the tube was rotated a bit, but unfortunately I forgot to check the position of the tire before I pulled it off to try to match the tube and tire location. I haven't pried the tire off a third time but before I do I'll try to note it's label position relative to the stem, so when I find the tube puncture I can examine the right part of the tire (or rim) most closely. The rim tape is intact.
I'm not really sure what you mean by the crown area, but you have a whole lot less tire to check if you keep track of where the tube flat is relative to the tire itself. :-) Usually a tire has a decal or something that stands out on the sidewall, I know some people try to always match that up with the stem when putting the tire back on so they have a reference point for where the flat would have occurred on the tire.
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