Geniuus Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Okay I have one of these and it's nearly new.. When it's on the wheel and pumped it the tyre almost has a flat spot... Why is this?? The wheel is round and the tube is fine.. Confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geniuus Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Tried to show it best I could but as you can see there's like a line around the tyre which gets bigger and smaller as the 'flat spot' is shown... Really hard to describe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ogre Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 is it sat on the bead right? wet the tyre where it's 'flat' and pump it up really hard... it'll force the tyre in place... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 As above, pump it up and keep pumping until it pings into place properly! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geniuus Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I pumped it to about 50 psi as I though it would ping like a car tyre.. No luck though! It was worse before but let the tyre down and moved the tyre around a bit.. It worked so tried again and it was just the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blake Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 ride it round a bit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isitafox Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 I pumped it to about 50 psi as I though it would ping like a car tyre.. No luck though! It was worse before but let the tyre down and moved the tyre around a bit.. It worked so tried again and it was just the same Keep pumping, I had to get my old der kaiser up to about 65psi before it'd sit right on my Trialtech rim! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geniuus Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Keep pumping, I had to get my old der kaiser up to about 65psi before it'd sit right on my Trialtech rim! Fair enough! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harmertrials Posted December 12, 2013 Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 Common problem with shifts. Mine have all done it. Doesn't affect riding though obviously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geniuus Posted December 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2013 As above, pump it up and keep pumping until it pings into place properly! Just went to 70 with no luck. As harmer said, it won't affect anything now, it's better than it was so we're all good:) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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