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sabala
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Hi all,
Had a flat Saturday from a metal wire thingy. Puncture proof Slime tube didn't work and Slime was all over back of down tube, front derailleur, back of shirt, outside of tube and inside of tire. Put in my spare tube and made it home ok.
Sunday coming home about 7:15pm my new (non Slime) tube popped, upon inspection there was about an inch long slit in tube and also slimey from all the Slime that was inside the tire. I was carrying an older patched spare tube and put that in, took off and 1 mile the tire again went flat! I gave up and walked/carried my bike the rest of the way home along the beach bike path...finally made it home at 11:15pm.
So that's the set up in case anyone needs that info.
Ok, so today I'm changing the tube at home and cleaning up the Slime and sand/dirt all over the wheel rim. I notice the nipples close to the cassette side of the rim are damaged and the side of the rim each nipple has been scraped against. The nipples and rim on the opposite side are undamaged. I'm wondering what may be causing this?
How bad is it that this is happening? Is it safe to ride on? Should I get the damaged nipples replaced ASAP? I couldn't find anything on the web yet so I'm unsure of what to do about it.
I was running 2.1 Continental Town & Country with Slime puncture proof tubes at 60 psi. I was using a pretty thin rim liner with a layer of duct tape over that but I'm thinking of slicing an old tube to use as a rim liner instead.
For the last week I'd been taking care of a friend's pets so I was doing about 16 miles a day riding. No problems at all until after that 1st flat on Sunday, then today saw the rim and nipples and was wondering if that had anything to do with it. I tried to take pics, sorry, not the greatest. You can't really see the nipple damage but I think you can see where they rub against the rim.
Any thoughts??
Had a flat Saturday from a metal wire thingy. Puncture proof Slime tube didn't work and Slime was all over back of down tube, front derailleur, back of shirt, outside of tube and inside of tire. Put in my spare tube and made it home ok.
Sunday coming home about 7:15pm my new (non Slime) tube popped, upon inspection there was about an inch long slit in tube and also slimey from all the Slime that was inside the tire. I was carrying an older patched spare tube and put that in, took off and 1 mile the tire again went flat! I gave up and walked/carried my bike the rest of the way home along the beach bike path...finally made it home at 11:15pm.
So that's the set up in case anyone needs that info.
Ok, so today I'm changing the tube at home and cleaning up the Slime and sand/dirt all over the wheel rim. I notice the nipples close to the cassette side of the rim are damaged and the side of the rim each nipple has been scraped against. The nipples and rim on the opposite side are undamaged. I'm wondering what may be causing this?
How bad is it that this is happening? Is it safe to ride on? Should I get the damaged nipples replaced ASAP? I couldn't find anything on the web yet so I'm unsure of what to do about it.
I was running 2.1 Continental Town & Country with Slime puncture proof tubes at 60 psi. I was using a pretty thin rim liner with a layer of duct tape over that but I'm thinking of slicing an old tube to use as a rim liner instead.
For the last week I'd been taking care of a friend's pets so I was doing about 16 miles a day riding. No problems at all until after that 1st flat on Sunday, then today saw the rim and nipples and was wondering if that had anything to do with it. I tried to take pics, sorry, not the greatest. You can't really see the nipple damage but I think you can see where they rub against the rim.
Any thoughts??