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Old Jun 21, 2009 | 06:42 PM
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was out riding today(04 fxst)parked it and could hear air leaking from back tire,assumed i ran something over and had a flat,but when i checked it out,it was one of the spokes leaking air. what causes that and is it fixable?
 
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You got a hole in your tube and it is coming out around the spokes.
 
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was out riding today(04 fxst)parked it and could hear air leaking from back tire,assumed i ran something over and had a flat,but when i checked it out,it was one of the spokes leaking air. what causes that and is it fixable?

New inner tube and rim-strip!
 
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Make sure you have the spokes checked for tension. Sounds like you may have som loose ones and that may have penetrated the rim strip and pinched the tube. Loose spokes could cause some serious issues.
 
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New inner tube and rim-strip!
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Make sure you have the spokes checked for tension. Sounds like you may have som loose ones and that may have penetrated the rim strip and pinched the tube. Loose spokes could cause some serious issues.

what they said... somehow you punctured your tube... could be a loose spoke... if so it a dangerous situation!
 
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