Slow puncture frustrasion

[Ginja_Joe]

Rolled the bike 6 feet or so out of the garage to do the tps adjustment. Felt a little tough to push but didn't pay much attention. Finished that and rolled it back in and realised the rear tyre was completely flat!

I checked the pressures 2 days before and it was about 2 psi out. Hasn't been ridden since. Can't see anything obvious in the tyre. The tyre was new when I bought the bike in august last yearv and got plenty of life left in it. And to top it off my air compressor decided to pack up the same day ...

[tonyk]

It all depends on where the hole is, side wall and your buggered, on the flat side, road contact side and you may well be able to get it fixed, worst case would be "tyre weld" but a lot of people don't like that stuff...

[jambo]

A few things can cause this, I've had one leak that was just the valve core not in quite tight enough, 30 second fix. Sometimes the puncture is not obvious from the outside, but when you take the tyre off you can see it from the inside. It can also be the beating between the tyre and wheel, so just taking the tyre off and fitting it again sometimes helps.

If you want to find the leak, pump the tyre up to a good pressure like 42 psi or so and turn the wheel listening for any hissing, especially around the valve area. You can also use watered down washing up liquid around the suspect areas, bubbles will show you what's up.

If you have a local tyre shop that knows what they're doing they should be able to find and advise.

I'd stay away from slime, ultra seal etc as none of these things inspect the tyre, and most of them make repairing it properly a non starter

Jambo
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[NTECUK]

Washing up liquid is the best thing to find your leak. Squirt it on useing a pump spray.
if your in the do do this stuff works and can be washed out useing water .
http://green****.co.uk/2.html

[Fallout]

Yep, fairy and water, thirded. If its within the centre inch or so of the tyre you can fix it safely. You may have to ring around to find someone who will do it though, as a lot of garages won't touch it. I had to phone a few peeps before I was recommended a bike tyre specialist who fixed mine for a 10er.

[Ginja_Joe]

Managed to borrow a compressor and tried the fairy and water trick. Couldn't see anything obvious. Went out for a quick ride and all seemed well. I'm now on holiday for a week so I'll check it when I get home. I'll get it to a tyre specialist for someone to look over.
Thanks for the advice all.

[Fallout]

Get some on the valve too. Could be that.

[NTECUK]

it could be wear the tyre seats on the rim.
so squirt all of the wheel.