Originally Posted by
speedy25
We have all experience the real problem in a variety of ways these days. Cheap materials/construction. Yes it may have had a good quality name on it but EVERYTHING we buy these days is engineered to meet legal requirements and not for longevity.
Many parts these days just fail for the hell of it.
The tube you replaced it with may last a month or many years, even with correct mounting every time.
-SP
Pretty much true, but will not by itself cause explosive failure; that DOES require space between bead and rim.
Originally Posted by
rydabent
It could have been just a bad seam in the tube. Also I always powder the inside of the tire to prevent the tube from sticking is some areas. After pumping up the tire a place where the tube might have stuck and then snapped loose could have caused your problem. I powder the tire, and after pumping the tire up after a patch or a new tube, I let most of the air out and then pump up again. That lets the tube seat itself properly.
Always possible.
Originally Posted by
Cross Creek
I'm an amateur, but I know enough to say that a tube cannot go "boom" unless part of it has escaped the confines of the tire/rim. Most likely, part of the tube was caught between the tire and rim, and the partially unseated bead allowed the trapped tube to inflate, then explode. The only fix I know is to take extra care when mounting tires that the tube is completely inside the tire, then inflate to 20 psi or so, go around the tire on both sides popping the bead into the rim, then add more air and do it again, then fully inflate to desired pressure. That's the way I do it on a wheel/tire combo I have that has a loose fit (easy to mount by hand).
THIS. Happens without warning, on just about any type of rim, with almost any type of tire. It happened to me THE ONE TIME I didn't have a perfect hook-up between my Michelin tire and Sun rim. Changed tires on those bad boys probably six times in two months over the last winter.