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bill67 Serious Thumper Offline old tired Posts: 8517 genoa city wisconsin Gender:	Re: Flat Tire...leak at valve stem Reply #15 - 07/29/11 at 05:30:00 the air would leak out at the spokes
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feelinjunky Full Member Offline No Comment Posts: 238 NJ	Re: Flat Tire...leak at valve stem Reply #16 - 07/29/11 at 05:40:36 Ohhh. I got it. Now the rubber sealant between the tube and the rim makes sense...the spokes go through the rim...
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Re: Flat Tire...leak at valve stem
Reply #17 - 08/17/11 at 20:37:05

Gyrobob wrote on 07/28/11 at 16:28:22:

MotoBuddha wrote on 07/28/11 at 13:38:47:

feelinjunky wrote on 07/28/11 at 11:17:31:

Okay, I didn't know we had a tube. I thought they stopped making that years ago.

Wire spoke wheels require tubes.

And rim strips between the tubes and wheels....

Or, two or three wraps of duct tape.

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Re: Flat Tire...leak at valve stem
Reply #18 - 08/17/11 at 20:40:15

feelinjunky wrote on 07/29/11 at 05:40:36:

Ohhh. I got it. Now the rubber sealant between the tube and the rim makes sense...the spokes go through the rim...

The rim strip (or, alternatively, two or three wraps of duct tape) serves merely to protect the tube from rubbing damage that could potentially be caused by the spoke nipples. It's not there to hold air in....that's the tube's job.

Clear as mud?

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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Flat Tire...leak at valve stem Reply #19 - 08/17/11 at 22:41:26 The spokes & spoke nipples rub on the tubr, so they put that rubber thing in there to protect the tube,
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