my tube exploded
09-05-06 | 12:34 PM
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"I now know the importance of rim tape." This seems to imply no rim tape was used.
09-05-06 | 01:26 PM
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Sounds like the tire/tube weren't seated quite right, and as you inflated, the tube popped the bead of the tire over the rim and it blew out. I've done it a few times, most recently while trying to change a flat on my girlfriend's father's old road bike that does NOT have hook-type rims.
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09-05-06 | 02:39 PM
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I had a similar situation lately, except it was that the tire was defective on the bead. Blew two 7 buck tubes (extra long stems) trying to get the stupid thing on.
09-05-06 | 02:49 PM
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yeah, a gunshot sound is typical of the bead not being seated correctly at one point.
what sucks is when it wakes you and your roommates out of a dead sleep.
what sucks is when it wakes you and your roommates out of a dead sleep.
09-05-06 | 07:37 PM
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I once locked my bike outside somewhere, got drunk, returned to bike at 2 AM so as to ride to some party across town. found that I had two flat tires, walked bike 9 blocks home, and attempted to patch the flats. Patched both tubes, tried to pump one of them up, BANG. "What? tire looked like it was seated." patch tube a second time, pump it up, BANG. hmm. move on to other tire, try to pump it up, BANG. I am bewildered until I try to repatch and pump the tube yet again, and actually see the knife hole in the tire expanding as I pump, and can see the tube sticking out of it. although I can't pull the pump off the valve in time to let the air out of the tube. BANG. needless to say my roommates were not stoked. lesson learned: don't lock up your bike on the path between the frats and the campus bars at night, in fact do not lock your bike up at night period.
09-05-06 | 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by fix
THIS IS THE BEST! i love it.
Originally Posted by fix
the rest of us sometimes screw around and make mistakes before we realize that we have to do next time. it's called trial and error, and it works. sometimes, the "trial" that you don't attempt because you think you're too smart works so damn well that we end up with something awesome. sometimes, the trial fails so miserably that we want to die.
09-06-06 | 10:40 AM
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Icould have happened while riding though and that would be bad. I guess this is Darwinism in action.
09-06-06 | 10:52 AM
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Originally Posted by na975
it cost me a tube, no biggie!
09-06-06 | 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Learn_not2burn
I had a similar situation lately, except it was that the tire was defective on the bead. Blew two 7 buck tubes (extra long stems) trying to get the stupid thing on.
09-06-06 | 12:36 PM
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From: Santa Clara, CA
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Yeah I did that once. Tirebead was'nt seated right, and the tube went Kaboom. Scared the hell out of my brother...
09-06-06 | 02:23 PM
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Bikes: 2004 titus switchblade, '96 marin rocky ridge ht ss; '91 marin rocky ridge ht (soon to be fully rigid); 2006 motobecane grand sprint; '06 bianchi pista; '83 (?) haro freestyler - neon green.
Originally Posted by Jerseysbest
I just get the nashbar extra long stem tubes, they're about $4, my LBS has em for $9 each.
