now THAT was weird!

[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!!!!

[Mr. Bloom]

I researched this on the internet and inquired at the LBS:

It's the  GHOST OF INNERTUBES PAST

[redrhodie]

I researched this on the internet and inquired at the LBS:

It's the  GHOST OF INNERTUBES PAST

Oh, good, that's the nice one .

[TrekTheKaty]

Last time DH's tire blew out, we were in a wildlife area and it sounded like a gunshot! Everyone flinched, dove off their bikes and were halfway to the ground when we realized it was his tire!

As for the house--it usually takes days to find the strange sounds. As my sister says, that's why you should have a pet--just blame it on the cat! The most common is a piece off the overhead kitchen light that falls at random.

I didn't have a skull, but had a book of ghost stories that travelled our college dorm. Every time something strange happened, it got passed off until it turned into a soccer game in the hallway. It's why I don't own a ouiji board!

[redrhodie]

The weirdness continues...

When I got home tonight, my bf wheeled my bike in for me and said, "You know, you have a flat." This was my other bike, not the one with the exploding tire from the OP. I had just ridden, and it was fine while I was out. I thought, that's funny, now I've had 2 rear wheel flats in the past 3 weeks. Then I remembered, last week my car also had a rear wheel flat. All the flats happened at home.

They say things happen in 3s.