aka Tom Reingold
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Posts: 40,506
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
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As I reported, earlier this year, I had a rash of flats of the same nature with the same wheel. In each case, the valve stem separated from the tube. I filed the valve hole in the rim to make sure there were no burrs there, and I changed the rim strip in case that was the cause. I switched from a plastic rim strip to a good old fashioned Velox rim strip. Since doing these things, I've had no more such problems.