Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site drux3.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxn!ihnp4!drutx!drux3!msw From: msw@drux3.UUCP (Mike Walpole) Newsgroups: net.bicycle Subject: Re: Flat Tire Epidemic Message-ID: <1312@drux3.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Jun-85 09:33:57 EDT Article-I.D.: drux3.1312 Posted: Mon Jun 24 09:33:57 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Jun-85 07:45:37 EDT References: <2051@iddic.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Information Systems Laboratories, Denver Lines: 16 >A short while ago I had my wheels trued at a local shop. Good thing >I did, too, because one of the rims was splitting and had to be replaced. >My problem now is that EVERY time I ride my bike (Univega Competizione >w/ Araya 20C rims, 20C clinchers) I get a flat tire !! >Both wheels are susceptible, the puncture is on the inside, generally >two inches from the valve. Must be a spoke problem, right ? Or maybe >the protective rubber liner is bad, or misaligned ?....... Fisrt of all on 20C rims the rubber rim liner doesn't work. You should use velox tape. More than likely not a spoke hitting the tube but the tube expanding into the spoke hole. I had the same problem acouple years ago when I put on Specialized tires and ultralight tubes. (4 flats in 2 days.) When I used velox tape in the rim I went 1500 miles without a flat. Mike Walpole