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and another DNA wheel leak..
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Road Master
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From: lancaster,ca
and another DNA wheel leak..
Well it was to good to be true..Last month I posted my wheels where holding up great and guess what JINX! Rolled down to the easy riders show in Anaheim about 90 miles one way for me and when I got there I noticed it looked low, Got ot talking and forgot all about it..Well looked at it last night 3 days after the ride and it had 10lbs in it. Wow I feel pretty lucky that I made it home, And I feel pretty stupid for not checking it when I thought it looked low. I have to add I checked it the night before the ride and it had 40psi in it. It's a slow leak because I put 41psi in it last night and checked it this morning already down to 38.5psi, I will check it tonight when I get home but DAMN! Looks like I'm going to have to tube it. I would have never gotten these wheels but I got the front set up for 500.00 and I couldn't pass he deal BUT should have. Spokes look good but pretty scary with that kind of problem. I might even go with powder coated stock wheels just for peace of mind.
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Road Master
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From: lancaster,ca
It was lose. but how the hell do you get a wrench on that bad boy? It takes a magician to get in there..
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regardless of what anyone says all spoked tubeless wheels can and usually do in time leak , the problem is the location of the valve stem , unlike mag wheels where it can be mounted on a flat surface , on spoke rims there isn't enough flat surface to mount the valve stem on , so tightening it correctly is difficult and it can come loose over time even if tightened correctly
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Road Master
Joined: May 2011
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From: lancaster,ca
regardless of what anyone says all spoked tubeless wheels can and usually do in time leak , the problem is the location of the valve stem , unlike mag wheels where it can be mounted on a flat surface , on spoke rims there isn't enough flat surface to mount the valve stem on , so tightening it correctly is difficult and it can come loose over time even if tightened correctly
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Well it was to good to be true..Last month I posted my wheels where holding up great and guess what JINX! Rolled down to the easy riders show in Anaheim about 90 miles one way for me and when I got there I noticed it looked low, Got ot talking and forgot all about it..Well looked at it last night 3 days after the ride and it had 10lbs in it. Wow I feel pretty lucky that I made it home, And I feel pretty stupid for not checking it when I thought it looked low. I have to add I checked it the night before the ride and it had 40psi in it. It's a slow leak because I put 41psi in it last night and checked it this morning already down to 38.5psi, I will check it tonight when I get home but DAMN! Looks like I'm going to have to tube it. I would have never gotten these wheels but I got the front set up for 500.00 and I couldn't pass he deal BUT should have. Spokes look good but pretty scary with that kind of problem. I might even go with powder coated stock wheels just for peace of mind.