Hi Jerry. I never did that but in the old racing days on a training ride I got the flat and it took a few minutes to get the blood back to my brain to realize that I could fix this by changing the tire. I just stood in the road until the blood came back. Thankfully there were no cars. Steven Steven Willis 1778 East Second Street Scotch Plains NJ 07076 908-322-3330 http://www.thebikestand.com
>I had a flat not long ago with no apparent puncture. I had gone through a
>patch of gravel, but no glass. I concluded the valve had separated from
>the tube. I thought perhaps I did not have the tire adequately glued to
>the rim, allowing the valve to move around too much, but maybe cheap
>construction was a factor as well. Funny, in retrospect, but not at the
>time, story. I changed the tire, then made the mistake of reinstalling the
>wheel before inflating the spare. While I was inflating it, the bike
>started to fall over. I instinctively lunged to catch the frame, and in
>the process twisted the pump and broke the valve stem on the spare. Now
>I'm 10 mile from home with a flat tire and a flat spare. Anyone else ever
>done this (who's willing to admit to it)? Fortunately, a passing motorist
>saw my agonized expression and gave me a ride home.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jerry Moos
>
> Kurt Sperry <haxixe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Odd. I recently got a similar flat a couple weeks ago on a clincher tube
> on
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> my Bartali near the valve stem where it attatches to the rest of the tube.
> I
> was able to patch it, but I'd never had a leak there before, it was on the
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> wrong side of the tube! It was a cheapo Chinese made inner tube probably
> though, that's all my nearby LBS has on hand.
> I get WAY fewer flats now that I don't spend an hour or two everyday
> riding.
> Kurt Sperry
> Bellingham WA
>
> On 6/28/05, Steve Maas wrote:
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>> > When I got home, I looked at the flat tire more closely. It appears tha
> t
>> > the valve separated from the tube, so it looks like the tire is a goner
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>> > But I don't know why it happened.
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>> This isn't all that unusual, either with tubulars or clinchers. I've had
>> it happen to me several times. I just replaced a tube with that problem
>> about a week ago. I suspect that it is related to the progressively
>> lower quality of fabrication. You're lucky that you haven't experienced
>> it earlier.
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>> Steve Maas
>> Long Beach, CA
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