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From: Wolfgang Strobl <news51@mystrobl.de>
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Subject: Re: First flat in a looooong time
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2025 20:19:00 +0200
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Am Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:01:05 -0400 schrieb Joy Beeson
<jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid>:

>
>Tuesday, 25 March 2025
>
>On Saturday, I came out of Aldi to find my front tire flat.
>
>On Monday, I walked to the Trailhouse and handed the wheel
>to the mechanic with instructions to put in a new tube and
>find out what had happened to the old one.

Many years ago, when commuting each work day by bike, I got a flat now
an then, too. Most often, I just patched the tube and continued my
commute. My record was something like a bit more than seven minutes,
from removing the tire to pumping up.  Ideal conditions, sunny morning,
a a clean place to do the repair, a somewhat soft tire that I could
remove with my bare hands, an easily found small puncture and, last but
not least, a fresh repair kit from TipTop. On other occasions, I just
mounted a new tube and patched at home, later.  Nowadays, when doing
long tours throughout the region, I still carry a tube, but haven't had
a need for it, so far.  Perhaps I have better chances to avoid punctures
because I avoid so called "bicycle infrastructure", but perhaps the
tubeless tires plus sealant are just working. 

>
>He showed me a crack at the base of the valve stem.   The
>tube had died of old age!

As Andrew said,  perhaps not enough pressure.  That was my first
reaction, too. 

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