jeffuehrer
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I get rim slip less often on the rear wheel because the weight on the wheel presses the tire and tube tighter against the rim. My front wheel needs adjusting more often due to less weight on it. Regardless of what some may say it is caused from the quick acceleration caused from the engaging of the engine to propel the bicycle. (you are essentially going from a human powered bicycle to a horse powered bicycle) Obviously human legs do not cause this to happen. I have seen superglue posts and double-sided tape posts as solutions. I haven't had a reason to take my tire off to try those solutions yet. (fingers crossed) Below I've included a pic (left front wheel) of my valve stem (over-compensated) to the opposite direction of the second pic of the unfavorable position. I inflated the tube to 30psi when the first pic was taken. The second pic was taken 21 miles later.