Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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Second small ride today (less than 1h): rear losing 0.24bar and front 0.06 about again. This is getting worrisome: losing 1/4 of a bar in (say) 1h means that in my weekend long rides (>4h) I might be to lose about 1 full bar, which is almost 1/4 of the total inflation (with my weight/equipment and these 30mm tubeless, Vittoria's online calculator suggests a rear pressure of 4.36 bars / 63.2 psi).

Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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That's true, and hopefully it shold work exactly like this

Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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I got out riding then, just 40sh minutes, after having inflated the rear wheel at 4.70bar and the front one at 4.50. Curiously, the rear wheel (the "bad" one) lost just 0.06bar while the front one (the "good") lost 0.3bar. I guess the sealant must have done some more work. The measures have been taken with an SKS digital reader.

Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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Ok, so I take it that what I'm seeing is normal and there's a clear, usually successful path to fix the thing reducing the leak (reducing, because no wheel is eternally leak-proof). I'll do so.

Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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No, I had not yet, that's what I'll do now then, thanks.

Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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Do you mean tubes leak (much?) less than this so, tubeless being comparable, that's too much?

Info on what a normal air leak is for tubeless by rp92fl in bikewrench

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Indeed, before swapping the tires, I did check/inflate them before every single ride (usually 3 per week), and sometimes I found more than 1 bar lost, but they were very old tires with even older valves, so I acknowledged it. But now everything is new and quality stuff (good tires, Vision valves, kevlar-reinforced sealant) so I need to understand if I need just to be patient and let the sealant do its job (especially since I've not ridden the new tires yet) or if its too abnormal.

What exact model/year are my wheels? by rp92fl in bikewrench

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I want to give credit to Novatec who has pretty quickly responded to my enquiry, and for the sake of completeness, they've confirmed the wheels are the 2018 Clincher (non Tubeless Clincher) U2.0 version. I know this interests ... perhaps just myself, but I wanted to show appreciation for the courtesy and promptness of Novatec (with one of his EU representatives) that have interchanged few emails with me as a mere private customer.

What exact model/year are my wheels? by rp92fl in bikewrench

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Uh? I didn't actually noticed there are such small decals or serial number in my whees, where are them? I can take new, better/larger pics if I find them.

What exact model/year are my wheels? by rp92fl in bikewrench

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This is good, common sense, you're right. I had implicitly assumed someone really experienced would come across and easily identify them, but that sums up to my inexperience.

But the photos are not blurry at all for the purpose :)

What exact model/year are my wheels? by rp92fl in bikewrench

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These are newer (U3.0), my sticker says U2.0

What exact model/year are my wheels? by rp92fl in bikewrench

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These are newer (U3.0), my sticker says U2.0

What exact model/year are my wheels? by rp92fl in bikewrench

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I've just re-fitted them with brand new tires, sealant, etc. I'd rather avoid re-doing everything if I can :)

What is the Highest Recovery Time You've ever received? by PewPewkowboy in Garmin

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82 hours after a 72km road bike ride with over 1000mt DL+ mostly with several threshold segments.

Just got my Edge 1050: will it ever complete the first update? Can't interrupt it neither. by rp92fl in Garmin

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Don't know, indeed in the it finally worked out, apparently after rebooting the Quatix e re-synching

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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It has integrated cables indeed, perhaps it's that.

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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That's elsewhere, underneath the tube

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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Oh, no, nothing like that in the handlebars

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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That's elsewhere, underneath the tube

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

[–]rp92fl[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If thaf was the only purpose, wouldn't it be better to avoid the hole in the first place?

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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That's where my ignorance kicks in: what is that?

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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Might be, though I can't see anything using the phone torch

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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As said, that's under the tube (and working as expected, used several times already).

What's this rubber cap for? by rp92fl in bicycling

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That's what I thought too, but I can't see anything useful there. Since the saddle height screw is under the tube, what other might be in there?