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.

[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.

[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???

[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!

[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!