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Old 05-03-15, 11:47 AM
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Originally Posted by sirtirithon
I have had issues where a small piece of wire was embedded in the tread and could not be felt by running my hand around the inside of the tire yet when under pressure from inflation and riding it managed to puncture the tube again. Talk about frustrating. The best way to deal with that is to use a sharpie and make a reference mark on the tire where the stem of the tube is in relation to the tire, locate the puncture and then closely inspect the tire, folding it and probing around for anything embedded in the tread.
A trick I learned here was to find the most prominent logo on the tire and center that over the stem. It's the same concept as your sharpie... without the sharpie.
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