Flats that repair themselves?
08-09-20, 12:55 PM
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Flats that repair themselves?
So I have not seen this thread...I have had a flat front and a flat rear tire at the end of long rides recently. After I pumped them up, they have both held air! There is not fix-a-flat or anything like that in my tires, just thicker and usual tubes and a flat plastic band in the tire. After 56 years of riding bikes, have 6 children and repairing numerous flats, I can't explain how both tires managed to "fix themselves.?" Can anyone explain this to me? Now I have everytyhing I need to fix my flats as I expect my luck to run-out!
08-09-20, 01:13 PM
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In both cases the tires lost air while I was riding the bike, both tires were properly inflated when I started my bike ride. I was very surprised when I pumped them-up and they both held air! So no there is no one else that even lives with me, or touches my bike.
08-09-20, 01:40 PM
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Presta valves? did not screw the little nut on the top, down & so the valve leaked?
tightening that secures the check valve, differential air pressure is all they use, otherwise.
Its Schrader . Auto Valve cores, that have a spring keeping the check valve shut..
tightening that secures the check valve, differential air pressure is all they use, otherwise.
Its Schrader . Auto Valve cores, that have a spring keeping the check valve shut..
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Valve possibly was not fully seated. Could have been debris or bent or gummed up. Can happen to either type of valve.
08-09-20, 05:17 PM
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Flats repairing themselves
It must be the valve stem since the tires were not damaged. Thank you for your help, I would not have ever figured this out on my own.
