Sujet : Re: Very Slow Leaks.
De : roger (at) *nospam* sarlet.com (Roger Merriman)
Groupes : rec.bicycles.techDate : 11. May 2025, 20:50:30
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cyclintom <
cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
On Thu May 8 20:10:23 2025 Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/7/2025 2:33 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon May 5 18:25:26 2025 Frank Krygowski wrote:
On 5/5/2025 4:22 PM, cyclintom wrote:
On Mon May 5 18:28:41 2025 Roger Merriman wrote:
cyclintom <cyclintom@yahoo.com> wrote:
I have very good tires on the BMC. (Gatorskins) But it has continuous
problems with slow leaks appearing first in one tire and then the other.
The wheels are Campagnolo Sirocco so it is unlikely that there are
imperfections in the rims and I use Specialized tubes whenever I can get
the proper size. And yet, when I leave the bike sitting for a month or so
one or the other of the tires is nearly fully pumped up and the
other completely flat.
Anyone have any suggestions?
What are the punctures can you see any holes? Gatorskins are tough but not
impervious, could be the value be that a fault or just user error ie isn?t
fully closed and so on.
They look like hair thin wire punctures bot there are usually no
trace of a wire in the tire inside or out. To even find them you have
to pump the tube way up and put it under water and look for a very
slow leak which mafes it almost impossible to patch. So I have to
replace the innertube.
That last bit makes no sense. Over 50+ years of riding I've had plenty
of leaks so slow as to require water submersion to detect. They were all
able to be patched.
If you don't want to take the time, or don't know how to patch, that's
fine. You're allowed to use new tubes.
But overall: _SO_ many problems! ;-)
Very typical answer from a meathead - he is the only one smart enough to patch a tire.
On the contrary, it sounds like everyone here can patch a tire except
one guy!
You never get punctures because you never ride.
He has a touring bike, they tend to be fitted with rather more robust
tyres, your Gatorskins are for road tyres but even so still road tyres
which tend to be aimed for rolling resistance and weight and thus
compromises are made!
Roger Merriman
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