Two thoughts: 1) I would try to save the tire. Look a little harder for the culprit.
2) This is a great argument for lining up the label on the tire with the valve stem. Makes it so much easier to locate things in the tire based on where the hole in the tube is. If the puncture is 90 degrees from the stem, look in those two places on the tire—so easy! —Eric > On Jun 20, 2018, at 6:47 AM, EasyRider <[email protected]> wrote: > > Got a slow leak in a Big Ben yesterday (1st in ~4,000 miles on this tire) and > went about fixing it. Flats are rare for me so I take my time finding the > cause. I thought I had - a tiny wire on the inside of the tire, which I > plucked and then finished checking for any others. I used a new tube and > remounted. But today it was soft again so the wire I pulled was likely only a > decoy! Rim tape and wheel and valve hole had no signs of pokies, so submerged > the tube. No apparent leak, so the hole must be very small. The culprit must > be an embedded wire, I think, but I cannot find it. I ride on city streets so > it's not a goathead. The Big Ben is pretty thick, so it could be wire that > reveals itself like a cat's claw. > > I'll try soaping the tube to find the hole and that should help narrow my > search of the tire. But I'm tempted to just toss the tire and tube, since > I've gotten my money's worth. > > So, toss it or look harder? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
