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Simon Brooke
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in message <[email protected]>, Skunk
('[email protected]') wrote:
>
> 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.
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[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they
;; do it from  religious conviction."          -- Pascal
('[email protected]') wrote:
>
> 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.
--
[email protected] (Simon Brooke) http://www.jasmine.org.uk/~simon/
;; Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they
;; do it from  religious conviction."          -- Pascal