back to back to back flats! HELP!
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back to back to back flats! HELP!
I'm so disappointed in my new fixie. I've had it for maybe 100-150 miles and I have had 3 consecutive flats in 1 week. I have checked the rims and found nothing, I have checked the thread and nothing. Every flat I have had has been such a tiny hole in the inner tube that I sometimes couldn't even see it.
Do I just need to buy a new tire, or is the rim screwed up?
Do I just need to buy a new tire, or is the rim screwed up?
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I'm so disappointed in my new fixie. I've had it for maybe 100-150 miles and I have had 3 consecutive flats in 1 week. I have checked the rims and found nothing, I have checked the thread and nothing. Every flat I have had has been such a tiny hole in the inner tube that I sometimes couldn't even see it.
Do I just need to buy a new tire, or is the rim screwed up?
Do I just need to buy a new tire, or is the rim screwed up?
(The last has got me a couple times- a very small cut allows the tube to push through the tire just enough so it wears on the ground. Get a flat, fix it, 20 miles later it wears through goes flat again. Really frustrating.)
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The hole has been on the inside more than the outside. I have inspected the tube and the rim several times.
There is no way my tube is pushing through the tire, I just bought it 100-150 miles ago. The tread is hardly even worn.
There is no way my tube is pushing through the tire, I just bought it 100-150 miles ago. The tread is hardly even worn.
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if the flat is on the inside, then it might be time to take a good hard look at your rim strip. If it has shifted a little bit, then it might have exposed just enough of a spoke hole to cause a flat.
If that fails, try a scientific approach; first try the same tire on a new rim, then try a new tire on the same rim. When you isolate variables, it all becomes clear.
If that fails, try a scientific approach; first try the same tire on a new rim, then try a new tire on the same rim. When you isolate variables, it all becomes clear.








