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Roger
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Luckily I was transporting the bike in my car at the time ;-)
Strange though... I remember feeling the tyre when I got in the car after work and it was firm. Ten
minutes later there was a suspicious hisss, and the tyre was flat.
When I got home I found that the culprit was the rim tape not covering the spoke holes properly,
leaving sharp edges exposed. Funny that it waited until the drive home, after being in the hot
car all day.
BTW this was my first pucture repair since I was a kid, having taken up cycling again after being
given an old road bike. Hoping to do ok in the London to Brigton on the 15th on my new Dawes Audax
(2002 model picked up at a good price).
cheers Roger
Strange though... I remember feeling the tyre when I got in the car after work and it was firm. Ten
minutes later there was a suspicious hisss, and the tyre was flat.
When I got home I found that the culprit was the rim tape not covering the spoke holes properly,
leaving sharp edges exposed. Funny that it waited until the drive home, after being in the hot
car all day.
BTW this was my first pucture repair since I was a kid, having taken up cycling again after being
given an old road bike. Hoping to do ok in the London to Brigton on the 15th on my new Dawes Audax
(2002 model picked up at a good price).
cheers Roger