Originally Posted by gecho

Another chilly morning. By mid-week the afternoon temperatures will be quite high.

Yesterday wasn't my day. Out riding on the highway I got caught in a bit of rain, the wind was 15km/h stronger than forecast and I got a flat. While inflating the tire it blew off the rim and I noticed strips of the bead falling off. I managed to get the tire to stay on and made it back home without another flat. So today I'm riding with a 700x28 rear tire I had in the basement instead of the usual 700x25.

I'm guessing a bead on a 5 week old tire shouldn't look like this: