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johnridleyThe bike's rear tire was not quite totally flat but extremely soft this morning. Pumped up the tube, didn't find anything on a 15 second exam, wanted to get to work, so I just threw in another tube.
Found the leak this evening by water immersion - it was so slow that it wasn't immediately apparent even then. Pinch flat (snakebite). 2nd one I've gotten in the last few years. Not too surprising, since I let my pressure get down pretty low, perhaps as low as in the 30-40 PSI range, and the gravel road I ride on is getting relatively miserable - really bad washboarding. It may be about time to take another route for a while. The next shortest route is another 3 miles but only an extra 7 or 8 minutes since it's all relatively flat, decent paved roads, and it's still fairly low traffic.
Gotta remember to keep the tire pressure up.
Odometer: 21745
Found the leak this evening by water immersion - it was so slow that it wasn't immediately apparent even then. Pinch flat (snakebite). 2nd one I've gotten in the last few years. Not too surprising, since I let my pressure get down pretty low, perhaps as low as in the 30-40 PSI range, and the gravel road I ride on is getting relatively miserable - really bad washboarding. It may be about time to take another route for a while. The next shortest route is another 3 miles but only an extra 7 or 8 minutes since it's all relatively flat, decent paved roads, and it's still fairly low traffic.
Gotta remember to keep the tire pressure up.
Odometer: 21745
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Date: 2010-07-08 03:35 am (UTC)Patching two tubes will be one of tomorrow evening's chores I guess.