Originally Posted by
Andrew R Stewart
The location, size and shape of the holes/punctures tell a lot, without better description of the holes I don't see being of much help. Rubber does degrade with time and can start to crack with it's being bent and stressed (like sitting of flat tires). Tubes leak air naturally, just at a rate that most won't call "being flat" but still enough to have the suggestion of frequent pressure checks making good sense.
Punctures along the tube's sides can suggest a tire sidewall issue or riding with too little air pressure (pinch flats). But could have other less common causes. I can't see the rim strip having any influence of this type of flat.
Punctures near the valve might be simple poke throughs from some object or indicate a seating/fitting issue between the tube/tire and rim. But the base of the valve is a common spot where the tube won't always fit snug down against the rim's interior and can cause the tube to expand (like a balloon) into the gap. This spot will have a wall thickness, of the tube, that is now thinner and can easily burst (like an aneurism). When mounting the tire seating the valve down against the tire's beads and/or the rim helps limit this.
There are many times where novices can't find the causes of their problems but if an experienced person were to have a look the solution would be had fairly quickly. Is there a friendly bike shop near you? Andy.
So i will try to describe everything i have seen when i checked the three tubes where do they leak in the water. First one leaked just in the area of valve with a very big, cut like damage. Second and third one, however leaked with a very small pinhole puncture at exactly the same distance from a valve. As somebody who knows very little about these things i can only come to a natural conclusion that most likely one of the spokes protrudes too much into the wheel rim. Now, from a friend i heard these spokes can actually be adjusted though i have no idea how to do that if that is possible. And if i find exactly the spot of the problematic spoke by measuring the distance of these little pinhole punctures i could determine exactly which this problem causing spoke is. I suppose that (maybe) i haven't checked it out yet, the first tube that failed could have failed because it wasn't of a right dimensions for a tire. (Don't know if this is a common occurrence if the tube is oversized for a tire)
So judging by this, if this is really the case, i frankly don't know how to adjust the spokes, and could i potentially do some damage if i make some mistake with it. If this seems familiar to someone please respond, thank you.
And even if this is the only problem, should i add lets say electric tape over the old tape just to make everything more secure?