This morning, my front tire was completely flat. I have no idea how/why. I rode it around the hood yesterday and everything was normal. I pumped it up after it went flat, and it seems to hold air just fine…
Would YOU ride it? Is this semi-common? Any ideas on what caused it???
This morning, my front tire was completely flat. I have no idea how/why. I rode it around the hood yesterday and everything was normal. I pumped it up after it went flat, and it seems to hold air just fine…
Would YOU ride it? Is this semi-common? Any ideas on what caused it???
Bikes are not made of magic pixie dust. When something happens to the bike or its parts, there is a reason… take out the tube, put a couple of pumps of air into it, then submerge it in a tub of water and see where the bubbles come out. That location may have something to do with your problem. While you’ve got the tube out, run your fingers (carefully) along the interior of the tire carcass to see if there is a thorn or piece of glass stuck in the tire. Do the same for the rim to see if the rim tape has bunched up, folded, or if there is another problem. Put in a new tube or patch the old one as appropriate.
If you’ve got a tubular setup then you can do the same air bubble test, but you’d have to discard the tire if you find a leak, or else shoot the tire full of sealant and hope for the best.
More than once I’ve had something like a wire staple just barely poking through the tire and gotten soft tires and/or flat the next morning.
Take a flashlight and shine it at an angle on the tire all the way around, inside and out, and you’ll probably find something like that.
If not the next thing I’d do is change out the rim tape.
could also be an iffy valve
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could also be an iffy valve
True, or pulling the pump head off at an angle too many times and wearing a hole in it right beside the valve.
could also be an iffy valve
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Thanks dude 