Second flat tire of the season

dkat555

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Feb 26, 2015
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Well, today the front went flat.

Wasn't obvious I had a flat at 60+ mph, but she started pulling to the left on a straightaway. Thought maybe it was the wind at first, since I had hit sprinkles twice already on my way back to work.

On a longer right turn it was clear something wasn't right, because when the bike is usually trying to tell me how faster, thus time it wasn't.

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I have the FOBO tire pressure monitors. The bike has now about 19,000 miles and to my knowledge this is the original valve stem. Could be wear on the rubber valve stem, but on the other hand with a second flat in such a short time, I may not put the FOBO back on!
 
It could be you torqued on the FOBO sensors too hard. I turn mine just until I feel the valve stem start to give and twist a bit. When I do new tires I'll ask about metal valve stems.
 


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