I was wondering if anyone puts tubes in there tires? my tire seems to develop a leak when i drop the pressure down past 15. has anyone put a tube in their rear tire. Also someone said they saw someone put screws through the lip of there rim into the tire to help hold it in place. is there any truth to that?

 

first of things theres no need to have your tire at 15psi. i ride my bike all winter long in nh with 28psi with no tire spinning isues.

second you could screw your bead alot of bracket drag racers do it its lighter than beadlocks but keeps the tire from spinning on the wheels(really to get technical the wheel spinning in the tire) and it would prevent breaking of the bead.

 

i am not going to run 28 pounds in my tire. i want to practice some slow stuff in lots.

 

Theres nothing wrong with 28lbs in your tire it will just make you better

 

i learned idle with 25 psi, 15 is unnecessarily low if you ask me...

 

yah just work ur way up, high pressure will help with circles, and makes burnouts easier....go to 18lbs, then 20, then 22 etc...ull thank urself later

 

18 or more i run 25 plus if its leaking the rims eather bent or when someone put your tire on they fucked up the bead

 

I run 20. I dont care for anything lower than that.

 

It's either a bent wheel, a hole in the tire, or a dirty or corroded bead. Soap your tire and find where its leaking and go from there.

 

Oh yeah, and DON'T put a tube in it.

 

put up the vid of ur avatar

 

sounds like your rim has a bend in the lip

fix that

 

ya probably a bend in the lip, that is what i get for being cheap and putting on my own tire with screw drivers and crow bars i guess. i will never try that again, **** took like 2 hours and i was ready to kill someone after i was done. i dont see how you guys say to put in 20 some pound though, when i watch slow stuff at shows the tires look like they are pretty much flat.

 

as far as the video in my avitar goes. It is posted on my myspace if you want to see it. http://www.myspace.com/dan4th83 Sorry it is a bit dark, and my friend put the camera down as i hit, but check it out anyway.

 

there's your problem! your screwed up the bead of the tire.

 

buy some spoons there cheep