Hi Ron,
It could be that this is an old tire, and for the most part it looks worn
out. I had a tire do the same thing and I was surprised when it let go all
of a sudden and then I limped home. My bike was left outside in the weather
and fully exposed to sun. I am sure that the sun rotted the rubber and the
tire blew open.
On another note:
Rotten inner tubes from Performance bike....
I was riding my bicycle and got about 17 miles from home and I got a flat. I
figured, well I have a new tube in my saddle pac and I change out the tube.
When I installed the tube it would not inflate. I figured it must be the
pump is bad. Then after testing the pump, and finding that it did work, I
figured it must be the valve stem on the new tube, or something, so I took
the tire off again and looked for the problem. I found that the rubber tube
was shredded along the seam, where it is folded flat. I mean 1 to 2 inch
defective rips. I was stuck about a mile from a bike shop, and it turned out
the performance bike shop that I bought it from. They gave me a new tube
no-questions-asked.
I walked in bear stocking feet for a mile to get there.
On another occasion I had a rotted performance bike tube that I took out of
the box that I had stored in my back yard shed. It too was also defective
and shredded along the seam.
I have tubes in my shed that I use to wrap tree limbs for steaking, and the
rubber is still good, tubes with patches, but the rubber is still good.
Performance tubes are questionable to say the least. But I have not had a
Performance bike tube rot while on the bike and have it fail. Seems that
these tubes don't like being stored for long- they rot.
"Ron Hardin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:Continuing months-earlier remarks about tire failures no longer being
the usual puncture, or worn-tread-through-to-tube variety I'm used to,
now the last several failures have been in the cords
months ago first report
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin6/tire001.jpg
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin6/tire002.jpg
today new report
http://home.att.net/~rhhardin9/tire003.jpg
the tire started going bump bump bump, and quick inspection revealed
the tube easing through a cord break. There's lots of tread left
on this ``slick'' MTB tire, so it's not a wear matter.
Letting air out reduced the tube-burst threat and let me go 20 miles
to home, fortunately. I don't carry spare casings.
It's been a few weeks of going around in 0 degrees F weather, is all
that's been happening. I don't do curbs or rocks or jumps, just
commuting.
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Ron Hardin
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