Ears still ringing!

[smokeysmoo]

Had to strip the front wheel down on my fixed gear after I found a very loose spoke nipple. Tightened the screw, replaced rim tape, re-fitted Marathon+ and tube, started to re-inflate with track pump, got to about 90psi and........

That's the second time this has happened, (not doing the same job though). First time was in the living room on a different bike, (my God that bugger reverberated), this time was in the shed, slightly better than in the house, but still feckin' loud.

My worrry afterwards was that if adrenaline is brown, I feared I was bleeding to death

Don't know why it happened, perhaps I nicked the tube, perhaps I trapped it, (Durano+'s are a bugger to fit), I don't know. It was a chinese branded tube that was original fitment on my Langster Steel, but I'd guess most tubes are manufactured in Asia and the rest is badge engineering, (to a degree at least).

Stripped it down, fitted new Conti tube, took extra care re-fitting tyre, re-inflated, (at arms length), and everythings good again.

Just thought i'd share this latest tinkering mis-hap - seem to have got away with the rim and tyre not sustaining any damage, will take a bit more care on tomorrows commute until I'm happy in my own mind.

Ride safe

 

[NormanD]

Can you repeat that as I've a loud ringing in my ears from a big bang somewhere

 

[gbb]

Ive only ever had one blow...i was riding along on an old set of tyres, on an old carlton...i started to hear ..zip zip zip....BANG !!!! Christ, it went like a gunshot

 

[Globalti]

Close up it could break an eardrum, I reckon.

A woman was killed recently by a car tyre that exploded on her lap. Dunno why she had it on her lap, though.

 

[Night Train]

Close up it could break an eardrum, I reckon.

A woman was killed recently by a car tyre that exploded on her lap. Dunno why she had it on her lap, though.

I remember that story.

IIRC: There was a bulge in the side wall so they decided to change it for the spare. The spare was a space saver so the proper tyre wouldn't go back in the hold and the boot was full of holiday stuff so she held it on her lap while he drove. Then it went bang.

Here it is:
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/s...re-explodes-inside-sports-car-86908-22157435/

 

[Crackle]

It does make you jump doesn't it. I had one do it a few weeks ago, no idea why. Like you, I think I may have nipped the tube slightly. After that I pumped the tyres back up very gingerly, prepared for the bang.

 

[HLaB]

What I'm amazed at for all the tubes I've pumped up, I've only managed to burst one once (maybe I never heard the others after that).

 

[Angelfishsolo]

My one blowout happened in a forest. Me and my mate though we were being shot at!!!! I dread to think how loud it must be in a confined area!

 

[zacklaws]

About 4 years ago, I was going for a ride, tyres pumped up etc, and just as I was about to go, I realised that I had left my computer upstairs so I went back in to get it. Whilst I was upstairs, there was this almighty great bang. When I got back downstairs I went looking for what it was and was amazed to find all the neighbours looking round there house's too.

After a long search and non of us found nothing, I went back to my bike to carry on. When I picked my bike up, I then spotted what it was, my front tyre was completely off the rim and my inner tube in tatters. What I suspect caused it was the tyre coming off the rim at a certain point where there was a bit of a dent in it, so I replaced the wheel.

It then sunk in that if it was not for going back into the house, I would have been about 5 mins into my ride when it happened with disasterous results, so now I have a policy to pump my tyres up at least 10 mins before a ride in case it ever happens again.

 

[coffeejo]

My one blowout happened in a forest. Me and my mate though we were being shot at!!!! I dread to think how loud it must be in a confined area!

I don't even like balloons bursting.

*shudder*

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I don't even like balloons bursting.

*shudder*

and I was the lucky one by all accounts

 

[Angelfishsolo]

About 4 years ago, I was going for a ride, tyres pumped up etc, and just as I was about to go, I realised that I had left my computer upstairs so I went back in to get it. Whilst I was upstairs, there was this almighty great bang. When I got back downstairs I went looking for what it was and was amazed to find all the neighbours looking round there house's too.

After a long search and non of us found nothing, I went back to my bike to carry on. When I picked my bike up, I then spotted what it was, my front tyre was completely off the rim and my inner tube in tatters. What I suspect caused it was the tyre coming off the rim at a certain point where there was a bit of a dent in it, so I replaced the wheel.

It then sunk in that if it was not for going back into the house, I would have been about 5 mins into my ride when it happened with disasterous results, so now I have a policy to pump my tyres up at least 10 mins before a ride in case it ever happens again.

<devils advocate>I you had spun the wheel wouldn't you have noticed the bulge? </devils advocate>

 

[doog]

I landed at Girona on 5th June this year, built my bike at the front of the airport to cycle back to the UK. I cycled off and about 500 yards later, around the corner my inner tube exploded as described by the OP.

Imagine if that had happened on the plane? or even as I cycled past the front of the airport?....it happened again 27 miles later in a mountain pass ,with no tubes left I was sweating like a good 'un until I reached the nearest town 12 miles away and found a bike shop the next morning.

This photo was the second occasion it blew.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

I landed at Girona on 5th June this year, built my bike at the front of the airport to cycle back to the UK. I cycled off and about 500 yards later, around the corner my inner tube exploded as described by the OP.

Imagine if that had happened on the plane? or even as I cycled past the front of the airport?....it happened again 27 miles later in a mountain pass ,with no tubes left I was sweating like a good 'un until I reached the nearest town 12 miles away and found a bike shop the next morning.

This photo was the second occasion it blew.

OUCH!!!!!!!

 

[Globalti]

I once went out with a girl who wasn't too bright on car stuff. We set off in her Ford Anglia (remember those?) and straight away I noticed a bump bump bump coming from the wheels. Got out and found one tyre absolutely ringing fit to burst with a bulge the size of an ostrich egg! "Blimey" sez I, "what pressure is in these tyres?" "I don't know," she replied, "I just pump them up every week" !!!!