My mechanical knowlege of bikes is embarrassingly scant. I love my bike. I ride it a lot. But I take it to the shop for all its maintenance. I really should do better, and if I hear of a local place teaching bike maintenance classes, I will try to enroll. But meanwhile, indulge me?
I decided to take my boys for a ride a couple of days ago, and was shocked to find the 24 inch Specialized Hotrock had a front flat. Like, completely flat. I could see no obvious trauma, so I decided to fill the tire with our air compressor and see if it would hold air. It did. I decided it would be safe to ride if we went slow down the hill, and it was all well and good. I just checked it again today, 2 days later, and the tire remains well inflated. However, it bothers me that I don’t know why that tire went flat. And what if it does it again WHEN HE’S RIDING IT? What happens to you if your front tire suddenly blows? I can’t imagine it wouldn’t be extremely dangerous. The tires were replaced in 2017, if that matters. So, what could cause a tire with no puncture to flat? And would you replace the tube just to be on the safe side? Am I overreacting? Thanks! Leah -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
