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HELP! What does it mean when my KX125's rear tire is LOW and theres 2 strange straps?
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[QUOTE="rmc_olderthandirt, post: 1295511, member: 68872"] I wouldn't count on that! When I go out with my group camping and riding in the desert for a weekend someone in the group is always fixing a flat. I am guessing that the tire is more than just under inflated, it is probably FLAT! If you are not sitting on the bike the sidewalls will be stiff enough to make the tire look like it has some air in it but when you sit on the bike it will probably be flat. Use a pressure gauge to confirm. How does it happen? Sometimes it just happens. Occasionally you run over something sharp, like a nail, and put a hole in it. The most common is that you hit a rock and the impact collapsed the sidewalls of the tire to the point that the tube got pinched. This can happen with a properly inflated tire and it will happen easily if the tire pressure is too low. Like others have said, the straps hanging down are probably the rim strip. Are the straps thin rubber? For them to have made it outside the tire means that the tire is off the "bead", or at least it was when the strips came out. That strip is supposed to be one large continuous band so it must have broke when the tube was pinched. If you take the wheel off the bike and take it down to the bike shop I would expect them to charge around $20 for the labor. A new tube is going to cost you another $15 and the rim strip will be a few dollars. If they spend more than 10 minutes working on it then they are novices themselves. Because this happens on a regular basis I made up my mind that I was going to learn how to do it. It is a real bitch when you pop a tire early in the weekend. If you can't fix it yourself you are out of a ride the entire weekend! The proper tools are not expensive. I recommend having three "tire irons" which cost a few dollars each. You will also need a bowl of soapy water. The only hard part is getting the tire back on the rim without pinching the tube in the process. There is a certain feel to it, as you slide the tire iron into place you can feel that there is metal against metal. If you feel something soft you have the tube pinched - don't pry! It takes me about an hour to remove the wheel, and completley change a tire. If I am just fixing a flat and don't need to take the tire all the way off the rim I can do it in about 1/2 an hour. I have seen some of the guys in the club fix a flat in the ten minute break between loops of an enduro. New tubes are always part of my spares kit I keep at camp. Good luck! Rod [/QUOTE]
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