So, you rode, put the bike up...and then the tire blew???? Wow!
So, you rode, put the bike up...and then the tire blew???? Wow!
If you don't grow where you're planted, you'll never BLOOM - Will Rogers
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![]()
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.
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.
Scary... kinda like spontaneous combustion!
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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
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???
Dang!