FXDC laced wheels
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From: Lynden, WA
FXDC laced wheels
So we’re on a road trip, wife’s FXDC got a flat today. This is the first road bike we’ve ever owned with tubes and I’m wondering are tires with tubes more prone to flats? I just put new tires on it like a month ago so hopefully the tire is ok, but we ended up having to leave the bike behind at a Honda store because the closest Harley store was 70 miles away and no one in progressives network could get to us to tow it for 5 hours so we wouldn’t of made it to the store before it closed anyway, so we just continued on our trip on my road glide, but I’m pretty annoyed I have to drive 600 miles next weekend to go get our bike back. Thankfully no one got hurt and it’s a simple repair, but I'm wondering if I should pick up a set of mags for it since we are road trippers. We run the “ride on” stuff in our tires but it just slowed the leak down I think, didn’t stop it, it definitely works better in tubeless tires. Or is there a way to convert her spoked wheels to tube less? Or am I just being paranoid?
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I've heard of people converting their spoke wheels to tubeless using silicon. You can find info on the web. I've considered it a lot in the past but never have done it. I've averaged 10,000 miles a year now for around 35 years and all on spoke wheels. In those 30 years I've had three flats that I can recall, and I personally think that tires are better now than the past, or maybe I can just afford better tires these days.
The biggest problem is that it's hard to find anyone who will just fix it. Everyone seems to say that they will only replace and not repair for liability reasons. These same shops are ok plugging tubeless tires.
The biggest problem is that it's hard to find anyone who will just fix it. Everyone seems to say that they will only replace and not repair for liability reasons. These same shops are ok plugging tubeless tires.
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From: Lynden, WA
I've heard of people converting their spoke wheels to tubeless using silicon. You can find info on the web. I've considered it a lot in the past but never have done it. I've averaged 10,000 miles a year now for around 35 years and all on spoke wheels. In those 30 years I've had three flats that I can recall, and I personally think that tires are better now than the past, or maybe I can just afford better tires these days.
The biggest problem is that it's hard to find anyone who will just fix it. Everyone seems to say that they will only replace and not repair for liability reasons. These same shops are ok plugging tubeless tires.
The biggest problem is that it's hard to find anyone who will just fix it. Everyone seems to say that they will only replace and not repair for liability reasons. These same shops are ok plugging tubeless tires.
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FXDC Spoked Wheels
I have a FXDC with spoked wheels. Never had a flat tire on them. Did you replace the rim strip and tube when you changed the tires? Do you change them or have a shop to change them. A slow leak sounds like someone pinched the tube when the tires were replaced.
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