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Originally Posted by DXchulo
Sounds strange to me, but I do agree that bad luck streaks tend to happen. I haven't had a flat so far this year in over 3,000 miles (but I'll probably get one now that I said that). What tires are you using? What tubes are you using? I'd definitely keep looking into the problem.
Funny you should say that. As I was checking over my bike for tomorrow's commute I noticed that the rear tire was flat.

Make that 3 flats in the last 1600 miles. Oh well, I'd rather have them at home than on the road and it gave me the opportunity to rotate my tires.

Edit-I just found out what caused it. A couple weekends ago I was riding with a friend of mine and I picked up a hunk of metal in my rear tire. It had lodged in the tire but didn't cause a flat because when I pulled out the piece of metal my tire still held air. I rode the bike probably 100 miles after that and didn't flat but it must have been very slow leak. Just noticed it tonight. Oh well, this tube is a candidate for patching.

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