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?
'Slow' punctures are not that uncommon. I've currently got them on both wheels of my 'winter training' (i.e., at this time of year, general purpose) bike. It needs the tyres pumped up once or twice a week, but won't let you down even on a 100Km ride. Consequently it doesn't feel worth while to whip 'em off and patch 'em.
'Slow' punctures are not that uncommon. I've currently got them on both wheels of my 'winter training' (i.e., at this time of year, general purpose) bike. It needs the tyres pumped up once or twice a week, but won't let you down even on a 100Km ride. Consequently it doesn't feel worth while to whip 'em off and patch 'em.
Until I repleced the tube a fortnight ago I had a similar problem on my MTB. The tyre would take a couple to days to deflate to an unacceptable level - that was until the valve-stem came clean off the rest of the tyre.
I may be wrong but I think my track pump is to blame, or my use of it, perhaps. It needs a good tug to remove the pump from the tyre.
