WMW wrote:rtarh2o wrote:I haven't gone to the trouble to see where the leak was coming from.
You are making wrong assumptions without information. First thing I do is determine what caused the flat. Try to determine where the hole is and line it up with the rim and tire.
Seams don't fail if the tube is properly installed. There is virtually no stress on the tube so long as its container is intact.
All I can say is I could not find anything on the rim or tire that caused the flat, the replacement tube now has about 500 miles on it without a puncture.
Both tubes were the exact same age, gave out within 30 minutes of each other for no visible reason, my assumption was a bad seam but it could be something else, exactly what I am not sure but possibly as stated it could have been a defective batch of tubes with a seam problem?
I will try immersing the tubes to see if I can get to the bottom of this, my curiosity is peaked now!
The reason I posted this was to see if latex tubes do have a limited life span or if it was just a fluke thing?
Nice to know that whatever the reason it is not a common problem, my question for the most part is answered, I have had bad batches of butyl tubes where they leaked from the valve stem, could be a similar thing.
Rusty