What the??? My tire blew out!

[Aggie_Ama]

Thanks Deb! I thought I had it right in my head but I wanted to make sure.

Boy in Kilt- I guess I a really skilled cyclist as I always pull up over RR tracks, manuever around road hazards and buy what I thought were good tires. Hehe- I have been confirmed as skilled. But even with all that said this weekend I was out of whack and hit THREE potholes (this is post-tire blowout). I have been resting from being sick for nearly two weeks and my bike handling skills must have taken a break too.

Darcy- My husband and I have agreed to carry a spare foldable tire on our long rides from now on. It was hard to decide to take on extra bulk in the Texas heat (April- October!). As my avatar illustrates, my tiny framed bike will only accomodate a small saddle bag. Now if I could convince my racing stud of a DH to get a saddle bag for riding with me that would be helpful, but he just won't join me in any type of Fred-dom. I always carry two tubes for a ride over 50 miles since I don't trust a patch for very long. I don't want to call the Daddy-run sag wagon again.

[ridebikeme]

Fredwina... I read your reply and have had the same thing happen to me as well. When the tire looks like an "S", yoou have broken a cord . I have had that happen on the road and on the trainer... but two times in several thousand miles and many many years is something that I can live with.Hopefully it doesn't happen to you again!

[lizbids]

Just to add my opinion here...
When I went on a long tour this summer, most people dealing with flats had Kevlar beads that would fray and puncture the tube. Has anyone else noticed this?

[Aggie_Ama]

Yesterday I came home to a UPS box from Maxxis sitting on my front porch. No email sent telling me my warranty had been approved, no reason it took so long, no indication these were coming and no note in the box saying anything about them. Just a blue Detonator for me and an orange one for DH. How odd. But I guess they confirmed what we suspected and this a tire malfunction? Or maybe they just wanted me to be happy.

I should note that the Detonators we have on our front tires are still in great condition after 1,400 miles running at 115-120 PSI over fresh chip seal and gravel and rough railroad tracks. There is no way out of my town that avoids any of this (except the 120 PSI). All is well and Miranda is getting a new back tire to match the front one.