Laura <
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>
> In 6 weeks of using an indoor trainer (mag), I've gotten two flat tires. Is this a common problem?
> Do I need to inflate tires more, less? Thanks for any suggestions.
>
1) The next time you have the tire off, look inside the wheel and make sure the tape that covers the
inside ends of the spokes is still in place and not punctured by any of the spokes, or pushed
aside. If the metal end of a spoke is showing, it can easily poke a whole in the tube. If you are
in doubt, pick up some replacemet tape at your LBS and re-tape the wheel.
2) You can also look very carefully at the tire. Maybe you picked up a piece of glass last summer
and it is still embedded in the tire. Before taking the tire apart after the next flat, mark the
tire and wheel so after you find where the flat is on the tube you can relate it to a specific
part of the wheel or tire and examine it more closely.
3) If you are sure that there is no foreign object puncturing the tire, it MIGHT be a problem with
the tube not being seated well in the wheel when you inflate it. You may be assembling it not
noticing a pinch or fold in the tube when you put it together.
Good luck. I have a friend who had so may 'unexplainable' flats with one set of wheels that he
finally got rid of them. Every 20 miles he would flat, and he never found the cause, which is
probably why he found them so cheap on Ebay in the first place!
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Curt Bousquet moc.enilnacs@PTNN < Reverse for email
Road biking in Southern VT and Western Mass.
My 2002 bike log:
http://www.scanline.com/bikelog/2002.html