I last used my bike on Friday. I went to go to work on it this morning and the back tyre was flat. I pumped it up tonight to check it out and it appears to be staying up. Is there an explanation for this? I've got a date with a couple of bottles of home brew tonight and didn't wanna miss that for changing a wheel, would you risk carrying on with it, if it stays up until the morning?
It's either a slow puncture or a problem with the valve. Sure as eggs is eggs it will go down again, and Murphy says it will do it at the worst possible moment. Sometimes you can go for weeks with a tyre like this but often it goes down a little quicker each time. I'd spend 5 minutes bunging a new tube in tonight before cracking those bottles and put the suspect tube aside for Ron.
Uh - ok. As it's been locked up in the outhouse since friday, I can rule out the practical joke. I was guessing it might be the valve so I'll put a new tube in and leave the old one for good ole Ron. Cheers.
When you change the tube check the inside of the tyre. Sometimes thorns can puncture a tyre but make a fairly effective seal in doing so. I have ridden for miles on a tyre with a thorn in but the moment you spot it and try and move it, the tyre goes flat.
On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 19:25:52 +0000, Tony Raven <[email hidden]>
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When you change the tube check the inside of the tyre. Sometimes thorns can puncture a tyre but make a fairly effective seal in doing so. I have ridden for miles on a tyre with a thorn in but the moment you spot it and try and move it, the tyre goes flat.
Tee hee. I've done that too. "Ooh, I ought to pull this out." Pssssss. "Bugger!"
-- Dave...
Get a bicycle. You will not regret it. If you live. - Mark Twain
