You may know already, and forgive me if you do, but for the longest, I didn't know: Schwalbe tubes have the bonus feature of a removable stem. I spent many months trying to find punctures in my Schwalbe tubes until I finally recognized that the problem was a slow leak from a loose valve stem (which can loosen when you take the cap off carelessly, or put the pump on wrong). Embarrassing, but boy was it nice to get it figured out finally. A couple of good twists with the needle nose ( there's a squared off space on the stem) may end your mysterious spate of flats.
On Feb 1, 9:54 pm, René Sterental <orthie...@gmail.com> wrote: > I have been using them for a couple of months now. Reviewed the movie that > shows how to install them (just do a search online and you'll find it) as > well as some additional clips that show how to fix punctures using a match > instead of patches. I'm currently using them on the Betty and the > Hunqapillar. Haven't had any flats yet and this isn't goat-head season so > can't speak on that regard. On the Hunqapillar I'm using Marathon Duremes > 40 which are puncture resistant anyway but in the Betty I'm running red > Hetres. Not a lot of mileage, unfortunately, but no issues whatsoever. > Perhaps they tend to lose air a bit faster than the Schwalbe tubes I was > using, but not a big deal. Had two Schwalbe tubes slowly deflate overnight > with no apparent punctures, perhaps just a bad batch or some micro-puncture > I couldn't detect with the usual methods. > > René -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
