now THAT was weird!

[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

[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.

[redrhodie]

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

No, I pumped inside, and it wasn't cold out.

I'm wondering about a pinch, but I rode hundreds of miles on that tube, so if it had a pinch, it was there through all of that! I'm really lucky it happened inside, while we were in the other room. Loud as it was, the kitties faired pretty well.

It's funny, bf is out of town, and when he called last night, and I started telling my story, he guessed tire exploding as soon as I said there was a big bang inside the apartment!

Maybe he sabotaged it. I wouldn't put it past him!

Or, maybe the original owner of the house I live in, popped it. Here's his portrait, and I wouldn't put it past him, either.

http://www.oyez.org/sites/default/fi..._cropped.1.jpg

[redrhodie]

I brought the whole wheel into the lbs today to see if they could find a defect. Nothing was apparent, but a pinch seemed to be the most likely cause. Before I could wink an eye (which I often do there a new tube was on, no charge!

I love my lbs.

[Karma007]

Sincerely bizzare. Reminds me of the time our shower door shattered spontaneously in the middle of the night for no reason.

[tantrumbean]

Argh - this is all not very confidence inspiring!!! So far (touch wood) I've only ever blown out one tube and that went while I was still refitting the wheel - my ears were ringing for ages -, but I always thought if it hasn't blown within the first mile or so of your ride then it must be ok... Clearly that's not the case!!!!