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Old 01-22-06, 07:35 PM
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Originally Posted by Everest
Well the tire dosent appear to be leaking there is a stedy flow of bubbles from the valve however one about every 1-2 seconds. The valve is all the way tightened and the leak appears to be in the body of the valve (see graphic) any way to fix this? Also what do you glue down the base tape with its coming up a little in one area?

I had exactly the same problem with exactly this brand of tubular this year. I fixed it by unscrewing the valve core, applying some blue Loctite, and screwing it back together.
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