now THAT was weird!

[redrhodie]

I was sitting in my living room when all of a sudden there was a huge bang from somewhere in my apartment. The kitties freaked, as did I. Twiggy was on it. Eddy ran under the bed. I was afraid at first to even look for what the noise could have been, because it sounded bad. I thought, oh no, not my bike, thinking one had fallen over, but they were all standing. Then I thought maybe a window, or a mirror had fallen. It didn't really sound like glass breaking, but more like something falling.

I looked everywhere. Everything looked fine. I looked in the closets for things falling off shelves. Nothing. Then, I checked my tires, and sure enough, the rear tire on my red bike was flat, and the tire was actually blown off the rim.

I rode about 7 hours ago. I put in air, <100psi, before the ride, and everything seemed normal through the ride. I've put several hundred miles on that tube/tire combo. Why right then, sitting in the bedroom? Very strange.

I don't see or feel anything in the tire, but the tube has a 5" long slash where it blew. Spooky.

[Mr. Bloom]

So, you rode, put the bike up...and then the tire blew???? Wow!

[Fredwina]

I've had that happen several time. It's even more fun when It happens in the middle of the night and your bikes are in the bedroom

[SlowButSteady]

Weird things like that used to happen in my house all the time...until I got rid of the human skull that I had.

I kept saying "this house must be built on an Indian burial ground." To which DH said, "Maybe it's that Indian head you've got in the closet."

Now I only collect non-human skulls. We became pregnant immediately (had given up on having a baby) and the weird stuff stopped.

[redrhodie]

I've had that happen several time. It's even more fun when It happens in the middle of the night and your bikes are in the bedroom

I'm very glad I wasn't asleep when it happened! The kittens, too! I would have been peeling them off the ceiling.

It's just such an unfamiliar noise. I've never had that happen before. I checked the psi recomendation on the tire, and it was 100-145, and I was right at 100.

They're pretty new tires, but it was an old tube. Maybe that was a factor???

[wackyjacky1]

It's even more fun when It happens in the middle of the night and your bikes are in the bedroom

Pretty sure I would have to change the sheets!

[tulip]

Weird things like that used to happen in my house all the time...until I got rid of the human skull that I had.

I kept saying "this house must be built on an Indian burial ground." To which DH said, "Maybe it's that Indian head you've got in the closet."

Now I only collect non-human skulls. We became pregnant immediately (had given up on having a baby) and the weird stuff stopped.

That is creepy.

[redrhodie]

Weird things like that used to happen in my house all the time...until I got rid of the human skull that I had.

I kept saying "this house must be built on an Indian burial ground." To which DH said, "Maybe it's that Indian head you've got in the closet."

Now I only collect non-human skulls. We became pregnant immediately (had given up on having a baby) and the weird stuff stopped.

No skulls here that I know of!!!

[ttaylor508]

I just had this happen while waiting at a stop light. I had ridden about 14 miles on the new tire and it blew and scared the crap out of me. Just glad I was stopped as it blew the tire completely off the rim. Mine ended up being a pinched tube, so you might want to check that. It was very apparent the tube had been pinched and not punctured.

[tctrek]

Scary... kinda like spontaneous combustion!

[yetigooch]

Was it cold out when you did your ride? What can happen is that you pumped up your tire outside when the temp was low....then when you brought it inside, the temp in the tire increased which can result in the tube blowing out. I've seen this happen many times when working at the support station for triathelons. People would pump up their tires at night, then when the sun came out next morning, tires would start bursting.

K

[Fredwina]

I'm very glad I wasn't asleep when it happened! The kittens, too! I would have been peeling them off the ceiling.

It's just such an unfamiliar noise. I've never had that happen before. I checked the psi recomendation on the tire, and it was 100-145, and I was right at 100.

They're pretty new tires, but it was an old tube. Maybe that was a factor???

Could have been a tube pinch, although a defect that finally made itself known seems more likely

[malkin]

Dang!

[salsabike]

Was it cold out when you did your ride? What can happen is that you pumped up your tire outside when the temp was low....then when you brought it inside, the temp in the tire increased which can result in the tube blowing out. I've seen this happen many times when working at the support station for triathelons. People would pump up their tires at night, then when the sun came out next morning, tires would start bursting.

K

Wow! Thanks---good info to keep in mind.

[smilingcat]

It happened to me on a training ride with the boys. This is back when I was riding my Litespeed with 650C wheels.

got a flat. guys are ever so helpful so they pulled out their CO2 cartridge to pump up my tire. Less time sitting around ya know... Whoom tire inflates. I'm goin' the tire feels too hard. its got too much. "Nooo it's got the right amount.." "But..." "just start riding..."

Less then two miles down the road, my tire blew up along with the inner tube. GRRRR!!! That day we had someone doing the SAG so I got a ride back to our start/finish line. Major bummer.