thevacilando
New Member
Sorry if this is the wrong section for this question, but I'm not sure what to do about a persistent flat I'm getting.
I'm running the staton friction drive on an 80's touring bike with 27inch road wheels. I've gone through three innertubes in a very short period of time and I'm wondering if the added pressure from the friction drive is the cause.
With the first two wheels, I noticed that the tubes seemed to have marks in them from the bead of the tire, It was the original tire and the bead actually seemed to be separating from the tire at certain spots on the inside. I put a new tire and a new tube on the bike yesterday, went out for a ride today and in no time I had another flat. Looks like I might have pinholes on either side of the valve.
The rim itself only has a thin plastic/rubber type guard around the spoke heads. Could the spoke heads be my problem? Could I fix that with electrical tape?
Or could I be using too much pressure with the drive system? Pushing it into the tire too far? Or are the tires improper? Would it be better to have this system on a mtb with lower pressure tires?
Basically, I feel like this has been caused by something I'm doing with the friction drive, because I wasn't getting flats like this by riding the bike alone.
I'm running the staton friction drive on an 80's touring bike with 27inch road wheels. I've gone through three innertubes in a very short period of time and I'm wondering if the added pressure from the friction drive is the cause.
With the first two wheels, I noticed that the tubes seemed to have marks in them from the bead of the tire, It was the original tire and the bead actually seemed to be separating from the tire at certain spots on the inside. I put a new tire and a new tube on the bike yesterday, went out for a ride today and in no time I had another flat. Looks like I might have pinholes on either side of the valve.
The rim itself only has a thin plastic/rubber type guard around the spoke heads. Could the spoke heads be my problem? Could I fix that with electrical tape?
Or could I be using too much pressure with the drive system? Pushing it into the tire too far? Or are the tires improper? Would it be better to have this system on a mtb with lower pressure tires?
Basically, I feel like this has been caused by something I'm doing with the friction drive, because I wasn't getting flats like this by riding the bike alone.