Andrew_P
In between here and there
Hi All,
I had a Tyre blowout on me midway through a nice and fast tightish right hand bend, needless to say I hit the deck with a bang at 20mph. Dislocated my shoulder
. There was a clicking noise 30 odd seconds before, which up to the point of seeing the tyre I had assumed it to be something sharp working its way in to the tread.
This is getting on for 4 weeks ago, I hadn't been able to get in to work to see the bike since it happened and up to now I had put it down to one of those things. Now I have seen the bike there is a 2-3" horizontal tear in the tyre and tube in the lower part of the sidewall. Having read about it a bit it seems that if you hear the bang, which I did the tube was already out when it burst.
I did a quick search today for the brand of tyre and it seems there a few anecdotal reviews on problems with the sidewall being weak, but all have escaped unscathed. But the positive reviews do out weight the sidewall weakness ones. My tyres had less than 300 miles on them.
http://www.questel.co.uk/michelin-pro-4-service-course-tyres/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/michelin-pro4-service-course-folding-road-tyre/ If you sort reviews to lowest first
So just wondering really is it something I could have done on fitting them, would a pinch have caused it? As I had a puncture, 50 miles before the blowout two days before. Or just one of those thing
thanks!
I had a Tyre blowout on me midway through a nice and fast tightish right hand bend, needless to say I hit the deck with a bang at 20mph. Dislocated my shoulder

This is getting on for 4 weeks ago, I hadn't been able to get in to work to see the bike since it happened and up to now I had put it down to one of those things. Now I have seen the bike there is a 2-3" horizontal tear in the tyre and tube in the lower part of the sidewall. Having read about it a bit it seems that if you hear the bang, which I did the tube was already out when it burst.
I did a quick search today for the brand of tyre and it seems there a few anecdotal reviews on problems with the sidewall being weak, but all have escaped unscathed. But the positive reviews do out weight the sidewall weakness ones. My tyres had less than 300 miles on them.
http://www.questel.co.uk/michelin-pro-4-service-course-tyres/
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/michelin-pro4-service-course-folding-road-tyre/ If you sort reviews to lowest first
So just wondering really is it something I could have done on fitting them, would a pinch have caused it? As I had a puncture, 50 miles before the blowout two days before. Or just one of those thing
thanks!