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Originally Posted by morgothaod (Post 18805217)

I had something strange happen a few days ago. I rode my bike and then put it in my house. Later that night, I had a flat tire. There was nothing on the outside of the tire or inside the tire (Just a very small hole in the tube). I wonder if that happened because my tires were at 60 psi (I didn't pump it after my ride though...). Maybe it would be better if I keep the PSI at 50?

look for something small in the tire, like a piece of wire. I had this happen to me because of that. Came home after a ride and the tire was fine. Put it up on the trainer to fiddle with cleat placement a couple hours later and all was fine; next morning the tire was flat. The leak in the tube was so small I had to pump it up and put it in the tub to find it; I had to use the cotton ball trick to find the wire poking through, and a PAIR OF TWEEZERS to pull it out. I didn't have needle noses small enough.

I have a Schwinn floor pump from Canadian Tire with a built in gauge.

I wanted to check/confirm it's pressure readings, so I pumped up the tire till it read 60 psi.

Then I checked it with 4 automotive gauges... 2 different brand dial types, 2 metal tube types...

NONE of them read the same thing. One of the dials read 50ish lbs, the other 45. One of the tube types read 35, the other 55 (rounding these off from memory)...

So out of 5 gauges, I really have no idea what pressure I'm actually getting to.

I need to find an accurate gauge. The pump itself on the other hand seems to work fine.

Cheers TRJB