Even though it was 93 degrees today I thought I’d take the T for a short ride. Made a few stops along the way and headed towards home. I rounded a corner and all of a sudden she started handling real odd. I hadn’t gone another 30 feet when that old feeling of a flat tire came into play, But before I could pull over to the shoulder my tire passed me and rolled down the road for a long ways before coming to a stop in the middle of the road. The guy behind me said he’d never seen a tire pass a car before and I told it was a first for me also. Put on the spare and on the road again. I thought these tires were not supposed to come off the rim that easy. Guess I was wrong. Maybe the high heat of the day played into it.
Steve Jeff just showed us a photo of his on a day that the tire beat him in a race!
It is usually the clincher tires that come off and pass you. It is the pressure that holds them on the rim. When you remove the pressure they often come off the rim and pass you.
Please do not BITCH to the venders as they have tried to reduce the size of the tires before and it was almost impossible to mount the tires on the rim. (clinchers do not have a drop center rim)
I had last checked the air pressue last week some time, I am running Dynabeads with the filters but it's possable one got by. As far as bitching,,, I have never done that to my supplier, Just ask Ashley Lang....Hey Ash,,, I'm still waiting for you to marry me.... Langs got me a new tube on the way, I'll have a new spare in no time. I'd like to say this blow out was a first for me but back in the 80's I had a front tire explode on my GMC Brigader dump truck loaded with 20 tons of black top going down I-81 at 65mph, Made for a fun ride when the tire came off the rim for a few feet, Never did find that split rim.As I look back I think the rim cutting into the road is what saved me.
Will, I've had a front tire pass me... the tube was snarled around the axle.
Clincher tires are only hard to remove if you want them off.
I suspect my blowout was due to low pressure causing the tire to sip and shear the stem. The tire appears undamaged, but the stem part of the tube is gone. I have to remind myself to check pressure before I go anywhere, as one tire tends to lose about a pound a day. That may be the cause of your adventure.
Will-
Did you start singing?
-Keith
Well now we know how to make tire changing easy. Easy if you want to sacrifice the tube anyway.