I didn't know where else to post this, so I thought I would put it here in 50+ where anything goes...
I am sitting here browsing through the forums with the baseball game in the background. All is well in the Little Darwin living room until I suddenly hear a hissing sound. It gets louder for a few seconds and I turn around to look. So does the cat.
My rear tire decided it would go flat.
I haven't touched the bike since I brought it into the house Sunday afternoon... over 48 hours ago.
I got up to see what was going on, and I narrow the sound down to the rear tire, and it is blowing out around the stem. I haven't done a post-mortem yet, but I know what I will find.
About 2 years ago the same thing happened to both tires individually, a few weeks apart after I switched to narrower higher pressure tires (26 x 1.5"). I switched to thorn resistant tubes , since I had also had one thorn related flat before the other strange ones... and I notied that the thorn resistant tubes were also thicker on the inside. The leaks on both the front and rear were near the stem, and over a spoke head...
Now I need to look closer for sharp edges, and go with rim tape instead of the rubber strip...
I thought I would take this opportunity to bore you with my evening events.