Sempervee

Being a lucky SOB we found the Mini Stepthru rear tire flat in the garage on roll out. Much better now fixing at home then on the road in this cold rainy weather to deal with it on side of road. Could not see where it was coming from so by the numbers turned her over and meticulously removed the wheel and began the process of discovery as to why since no puncture was evident.
Submerged the reflated tube in water to see bubbles coming from which area. Nothing obviously amiss. Bubbles coming from seam area but no puncture evident. Rolled my fingers inside the tire to find a tiny looks like part of a staple that was sticking into to tube not protruding out of the outside of the tire. Good thing I checked before reinstalling tube and re inflating. Cant help but think if RAD had not gone cheap on the nearly treadless tires with tires that actually had measurable tread this would not have happened. Will be Amazoning for some chunkier tires despite the weight factor for safety reasons. Oh, also took the time to install some "slime" in the tires just for good measure.