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Old 07-19-19, 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Spoonrobot
I suspect this is the cause. I service some bike share bikes that sit on new black-top, they had the same problem last July. The rims were showing temperature of ~135°f with a contactless thermometer around mid-afternoon and the tires would flat later in the evening. Same exact visual appearance as riverdrifter posted. Used some gorilla tape to make a buffer around the valve stem hold and the problem was resolved.
This does sound like the same problem. So did you wrap the tape around the base of the valve stems? What type of Gorilla Tape, the duct tape kind? Thanks!
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