slow punctures

"Geraint Jones" <[email hidden]>
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Quoted message said:

Aren't they frustrating?

I've (or one of my bikes has) a rear wheel that is never quite hard
enough,
except when it's just been pumped up. I've inspected the tyre, I've
inspected the tube, I've inspected the inside of the tyre and the rim and
the rim tape and the ends of the spokes, I've inspected the tube in a
bucket of water, I've even tried changing the tube. Even with a new tube
it's still a bit soft after a couple of days. I've even weighed myself to
see whether I've suddenly put on more weight. (I have been carrying a
thesis that needs examining in my pannier recently, but...) What should I
do next?

Puns about sloe punctures (we have blackthorn in The Hedge) are best
avoided.

Have you tried a different make of tube?

Geraint Jones said:

Aren't they frustrating?

I've (or one of my bikes has) a rear wheel that is never quite hard enough,
except when it's just been pumped up. I've inspected the tyre, I've
inspected the tube, I've inspected the inside of the tyre and the rim and
the rim tape and the ends of the spokes, I've inspected the tube in a
bucket of water, I've even tried changing the tube. Even with a new tube
it's still a bit soft after a couple of days. I've even weighed myself to
see whether I've suddenly put on more weight. (I have been carrying a
thesis that needs examining in my pannier recently, but...) What should I
do next?

If the existing inner tube is specified such that you are using it in a
tyre which is at the top end of the tube's range of tyre fitting widths,
try a wider fitting inner tube.

Quoted message said:

Puns about sloe punctures (we have blackthorn in The Hedge) are best avoided.

I'll do my best to avoid that gin trap...

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JimP

Knee dye same ore.