Originally Posted by
kenl666
the front tire came off real easy so it probably would have rolled too (and THAT would have been a bad situation
).
Speaking from experience (broken jaw, 13 chipped or cracked teeth, they had to scrape the dirt out of my chin bone before they sewed me up), you are very right. Tires old? Base tape dirty? Your choice, but I'd strip off the tape and replace, and buy new, snug tires. I may be gun shy, but weighing the cost of failure against the trivial cost of new tires is no comparison for me.