Well money is tight. Found a heavy duty one easy enough on ebay for 11 bucks. Rubber ages. Tube looks FINE so something I'm guessing age related just flat out failed. So yea the back tire is just as old but I'll deal with problems as they happen. Just one more reason to keep rides close enough to home now for sure.
I never had this kind of thing happen though, ever. Leaking right there? For no reason at all too. No sign of any kind of abuse. only thing I can think of is my air pump? Gotta kinda push the thing on then throw a lever to hold it. Could that possibly have peeled the rubber back? Doesn't seem likely, solid stem goes down much further than the air pump thing. Tiz a mystery.
scratch that idea, I can't pull the rubber back with my fingers. OH well, I'll slap a new tube in there. Bikes.... gotta love um. (in between hating them.)
Ha found a great seller on ebay. Told the guy what happened and he already replied with an offer of 20% off a second. So why not. And if the rear goes, I'll have no excuse to not deal with the gear issues.