I've noticed my rear tire is leaking air ever so slightly over the past few days.
I took it into my tire fella today and he removed it looking for a nail or something. Turned out to be a bad bead seal. He cleaned up (polished the rim) the inside where the leak was, put bead sealer on it and put the tire back on but it still has a very slight leak.

He's out of ideas for what to do next. I guess I need a specialist.

Any recommendations from 6speeders for a great wheel / tire specialist in the bay area would be warmly received.

I just took it out for a "mad half hour" got into several four wheel slides and got into some full 2nd gear slides out of tight (ish) corners. I'll have him check the leak again tomorrow and see if it's either worse or gone.

 

I would buy a new tire since it can be a safety issue. Also, get the rim checked.. maybe its out of round?

 

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