OKstate311
Gettin' Fizzy wit it
Had plans to adjust, clean, and lube the chain and then head out for nice early afternoon ride today, but all was de-railed. When I went to go move the bike I noticed it was leaning a little far over on its sidestand and sure enough, rear tire is super-low. Not flat to the bone but pretty damn low...
I put it up on the center-stand and couldn't find a puncture or a slash, so I wheeled it over to the air compressor and got it back up to spec PSI. As soon as I get it full I can hear a faint hiss of air escaping. I started spinning the wheel and found the leak. The air is coming from where the sidewall mounts up against the wheel, and there's a smallish-skinny strip of rubber protruding from inside the wheel at a perpendicular angle.
Have no idea how this could have happened... These are brand new Metzeler M3's with less than 200 miles on them, did I get a bad rear tire, or were they mounted incorrectly? Did something happen to my tire inside of the boundaries of the rim? I will try to get a picture but it's hard to get my camera to focus at such a close angle.
I put it up on the center-stand and couldn't find a puncture or a slash, so I wheeled it over to the air compressor and got it back up to spec PSI. As soon as I get it full I can hear a faint hiss of air escaping. I started spinning the wheel and found the leak. The air is coming from where the sidewall mounts up against the wheel, and there's a smallish-skinny strip of rubber protruding from inside the wheel at a perpendicular angle.
Have no idea how this could have happened... These are brand new Metzeler M3's with less than 200 miles on them, did I get a bad rear tire, or were they mounted incorrectly? Did something happen to my tire inside of the boundaries of the rim? I will try to get a picture but it's hard to get my camera to focus at such a close angle.