GMan Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Still new. About 100 miles on my V8. I am finding that I have to inflate the tire at least weekly to maintain the 40 lbs of pressure. I have been over-inflating it a bit to compensate and avoid have to inflate so often. Is this typical for the wheel? Nothing horrid but a little annoying and the ride feel deteriorates as the pressure decreases Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tessa25 Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) I inflate every time I go for a ride. I use a Dewalt inflater and a quick release adapter so it only takes a few seconds to do. Edited October 29, 2019 by tessa25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mono Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) I inflate every other month at most. The simplest worth while attempt to fix a small leak is to tighten the valve core. Edited October 29, 2019 by Mono 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyTop Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Once a month. ... Bicycle tires tend to go flat quicker than most tires. ... I used a sharpie to write car tire on the side. .....Didn’t help. I added slime and it helped two of my wheels. I replaced the valve cores with air conditioner valve cores and that helped one. I still have one that gets low every month. AC cores are for higher pressures and designed for Freon. I have had good luck with them on bike tires with 100 pounds of pressure. Might not be the best at 35 pounds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddie A. Steiner Posted October 29, 2019 Share Posted October 29, 2019 Good topic. I just checked my KS18L last night before a ride and it was down to 27psi. So that's why it felt so sluggish! Filled it up to 45 and wow what a difference. It actually felt squirly after that and I had to take it easy for a bit to get comfortable with the new feel. I will start checking more frequent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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