One tire Flat, whats going on?

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2007-02-05 10:02 PM

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Subject: One tire Flat, whats going on?
On my new racing tires, I was stretching the Tubulars on the rim and found that one loses air much faster than the other. Anybody know why this might be. It doesnt lose the air fast, over a week or so but it is faster than the other tire. Whats going on?

2007-02-05 11:35 PM
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Latex tubes?  If so, they are more porous than butyl rubber and will slowly leak air over time right through the tube itself.  And not all latex tubes leak at the same rate.  20 years ago when I raced solely on sewups with latex tubes, we got used to the fact that we had to pump them up every day.

 



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2007-02-06 5:05 AM
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Subject: RE: One tire Flat, whats going on?
One of my tires looses presure faster than the other too.
But the worst one stays OK for a few days. Looses about 2 bar after 4-5 days (I inflate to 7bar).
I havn't changed the tube for a year and it's stayed that way. getting no better and no worst...
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