Problem with keeping air in rear wheel ?

[Andy13B]

I ran out of petrol and got a puncture last night!! Grrrr

Anyway i have tubeless tyres on the @ but after i got it plugged it keeps going down... Its leaking out of the black rubber valve thing in the pic attached.. Theres one on the front too but when i push it nothing happens..

Can any1 shed any light on this problem ?

Cheers
Andy

[Mervinh]

surely with spoked rims youmust have a tube, you may have a tyre that says tubeless but it will have a tube in it, i am assuming the hole was plugged from outside, so most likely doing that enlarged the gap in the tube and the rubber bung is the only place the air can escape

[Andy13B]

surely with spoked rims youmust have a tube, you may have a tyre that says tubeless but it will have a tube in it, i am assuming the hole was plugged from outside, so most likely doing that enlarged the gap in the tube and the rubber bung is the only place the air can escape

Hmmmmmm Will i have to take the tyre off to see if theres a tube ?

[Snaphappy]

They are not tubeless rims, so I hope you have a tube in there

[Andy13B]

Big job changing it ? Or am i better off takin it somewhere to get it done!

[Lutin]

Depends if you have a decent enough pair of tyre levers. I changed the tyres on my Transalp on my own - and promptly bought BIGGER tyre levers.

It is do-able, it just depends on how confident you are. But it isn't difficult.

Have a look at episode 2, from Garage Night -

Ep 2: Beads and bearings at Garage Night

Should give you the basic idea.

I would offer to help but wrong side of the country - and Galway is HEAVING because of the Volvo Ocean Race.

[Andy13B]

Ehhh I think im just gonna bring it somewhere! I'll need a tube too so might as well get them to do it! Typical anyway.. Last night went for a spin in the rain and tonight the sun is splitting stones and i can ride

[Lutin]

Ehhh I think im just gonna bring it somewhere! I'll need a tube too so might as well get them to do it! Typical anyway.. Last night went for a spin in the rain and tonight the sun is splitting stones and i can ride

Ain't that the way of things?

[Andy13B]

Ain't that the way of things?

With me it is anyway