Water inside wheels

bikeit65

Had a really wet sportive yesterday.... and I mean an 1.5 hours of solid downpour conditions. go home washed the bike down, so while doing my usual checks on the bike last night i heard what i thought was water inside the wheel, so i took the tyre off and there was some water inside the tyre, the rim tape was also wet, is this normal or could something be wrong.
Rims: H Plus Son Archetype.
Tyres: Gatorskins.

ugo.santalucia

It's normal for rims with no eyelets

bikeit65

Ugo thanks, will the water over time do any harm?

ugo.santalucia

Not if it's a one off, remove it and forget about it

rayjay

I would check for small fish or any other water based life form. I once found a small pirate near my valve hole.

bikeit65

Im away to get the waders and rod.

crankycrank

I've never been able to find a decent solution to the problem of water in double wall rims. Although it's only a big problem if you happen to trap some corrosive type of slosh that feckers up your spoke nipples and such. If you want to go to the effort you can let the air out of the tyres and store the bike with the valve hole situated at the bottom of the rim to allow a little better drainage.