I ran over a 2x4 with the front tire on my 1600 once, it had a nail in it and I saw it stick to the tire a little bit when I drove over it. I drove back to the shop and took the tire off, which was already down 1/2 way to the rim. I brought it to the tire shop and told them what I did.
The next day when I picked it up, they said they just couldn't find the leak. They took the tube out and it was fine, even after blowing up there was no leak. They still replaced the tube, but they gave me the old one back because it showed to be in good shape yet. I tried it, and sure enough no leak.
Only thing I can imagine happened, is that the tubes valve stem sealed against the rim before all the air was out between the tire & tube, so it was holding the air. When I poked it with the nail, it let that air out but didn't get the tube.
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