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Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Riverside, California
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Bikes: Trek 2100 Road Bike, Full DA10, Cervelo P2K TT bike, Full DA10, Giant Boulder Steel Commuter
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I keep on getting flats... WHY!?
Today I got another flat, the 3rd in as many weeks. Each time there is no indication of where the flat came from, it just happened. We put in air and the tube will not even hold and there is no indication of holes in the tube, no glass etc. I even bought new tires and the problem is still there. It always happens in the last 10% of the ride, but that could be because the road is quite bumpy there. The only thing that gets me thinking is that the rim tape is slightly gone around the valve stem area.
Would not having a little bit of rim tape around the stem be causing the flats? I checked for metal particles, lose spokes, etc and had multiple people look at the rims and they see nothing wrong besides the rim tape problem. I even switched to a long stem tube and the same problem...
Ideas? I am going to the LBS tomarrow for new tape but I am annoyed at the problem.
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