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On 4/8/2025 4:29 PM, Shadow wrote:
> On Tue, 8 Apr 2025 13:06:16 -0400, Frank Krygowski
> <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
>> On 4/7/2025 2:01 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>> On Sun Apr 6 19:12:56 2025 Frank Krygowski  wrote:
>>>> On 4/6/2025 6:04 PM, cyclintom wrote:
>>>>>    
>>>>> Yesterday, I was fixing flats on three different bikes. I went up to Robinson's and picked up some new tubes because the flats are all pin holes and I've never successfully repaired those. I fix one hole and another appears 3 inchs away. Nothing in the tire.
>>>>
>>>> Wow. So many problems!
>>>
>>> So now Frank is telling us that he never gets flats.
>>
>> Not at all, Tom! I've described here getting something like three flats
>> within 15 miles. I've described other flats as well. Flats are a normal
>> part of bicycling.
>>
>> But I do know how to successfully fix flats. Your "I've never
>> successfully repaired those. I fix one hole and another appears 3 inchs
>> away." is very, very unusual.
> 
> 	If there's a piece of fine wire in the tire repairing the
> inner tube will not prevent a flat a few minutes later.
> 	Fine wire is very common in our asphalt, which is made of
> recycled truck/car tires (plus other stuff). It's the tires that have
> those nasty stainless steel wires.
> 	I always run my finger round the inside of the tire before
> replacing the repaired inner tube. I usually simultaneously find the
> culprit and puncture my finger..
> 	[]'s

+1 very common and not only in Brasil.

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