Sorry guys someone peed me off, no one, on the forum thankfully, just a butt head who now took his remaining teeth back home in a bag, cost the sucker more to pickup bag and figure out how his teeth might refit.

 

Whatda about helium? Wouldn't that make yer bike lighter?

 

It's true. I was SOOO mad the other day. My dirt wheels have been sitting on the deck for over a month. I swapped out the street for the dirt setup, went for a short run in the yard. Lifted the wheel a bit. Little did I know I was probably spinning the tire.

Went down the driveway and had a flat...it would not hold any air. Problem was in the valve stem.

TCLOCS......grrr. I missed my ride.

 

add some kawasaki lime green slime to your tires to help prevent flats.

 

oldphart must be drunk.

Anyways, try looking into some Kenda heavy duty tubes. I hear they work great.

 

I know tires and tubes will lose some air over time but I thought it took longer. One of the tube companies said they can loose up to 3 lbs a WEEK and that's "normal"?

I very the preasure in mine anyway depending on the ride and my compressor is 10 feet from the bike so I'm not sighting personal experience or a problem. I just thought that was alot of air to lose in aweek.

I use slime to the lament of some forumites but I think that, besides the other "benefits", slime also helpsseal against this air permiation of the tube.

 

The tire slime may help against air loss, but to what extent? I doubt by much at all.

Before you take the bike on a long ride, check the tire pressure. Cheap insurance that you won't be stranded.