Re: Very Slow Leaks.

On 5/5/2025 6:25 PM, 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.
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Anyone have any suggestions?

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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.

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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.

that's exactly what I though when I read "a very slow leak which mafes it almost impossible to patch." (spelling error left intentionally). I generally don't patch tubes because it really isn't worth my time anymore.
If anything small leaks are the easiest to patch. But remember, the laws of physics are different in tommyworld. Dents pop out of top tubes, aluminum oxide is flammable, and PWM is used to test cables. It makes sense then that a small hole is impossible to patch in his world.

 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!  ;-)