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Where a Mt Buffalo's sticky roads when you need them

giantvaude · 2006-02-13T01:34:42+00:00

Following on from my recent unexplained crash...... I had only riden about 1k when I went to make a turn that I have done many times before. Perhaps a little fast, perhaps not concentrating as much as I should, the front wheel went from under me and I hit the road big-time. Unfortunately I hit the road and didn't slide. I have very little grazing to show for the crash, only a fractured femur and another crack near the hip joint.... I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving Michelin ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's) which I had been considering I should change, but as it had never had a flat, never did. The other day I inspected my bike carefully for the first time since the stack, and discovered that the two bands of rubber that sit on either side of the very middle portion of my front tyre are like hard, polished rubber...they are very very firm and very slippery.....to the degree that I can easily imagine them losing grip when cornering on a smooth surface (especially painted road markings). I had not noticed this of the tyre previously, and can only imagine that the surface temperatures at this years AAC (it was rather hot, in case you've not heard) had somehow altered the condition of my aging tyre. I'm happier now I have found a reasonable reason for the crash......now only 5 weeks and 1 tyre away from riding (carefully!) again. Pat

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giantvaude
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13 February 2006, 01:34 UTC #1

Following on from my recent unexplained crash......
I had only riden about 1k when I went to make a turn that I have done many times before. Perhaps a little fast, perhaps not concentrating as much as I should, the front wheel went from under me and I hit the road big-time. Unfortunately I hit the road and didn't slide. I have very little grazing to show for the crash, only a fractured femur and another crack near the hip joint....
I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving Michelin ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's) which I had been considering I should change, but as it had never had a flat, never did. The other day I inspected my bike carefully for the first time since the stack, and discovered that the two bands of rubber that sit on either side of the very middle portion of my front tyre are like hard, polished rubber...they are very very firm and very slippery.....to the degree that I can easily imagine them losing grip when cornering on a smooth surface (especially painted road markings). I had not noticed this of the tyre previously, and can only imagine that the surface temperatures at this years AAC (it was rather hot, in case you've not heard) had somehow altered the condition of my aging tyre. I'm happier now I have found a reasonable reason for the crash......now only 5 weeks and 1 tyre away from riding (carefully!) again.
Pat

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gplama
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13 February 2006, 01:42 UTC #2

giantvaude said:
I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving Michelin ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's) which I had been considering I should change,
wowa.. these things are cheap items.. and they can mean the difference btwn life and death..
I change tyres more than I change undies...
cheers,
GPL

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TimC
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13 February 2006, 02:21 UTC #3

On 2006-02-13, gplama (aka Bruce)
was almost, but not quite, entirely unlike tea:
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giantvaude said:
I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving Michelin
ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's) which I had been
considering I should change,
wowa.. these things are cheap items.. and they can mean the difference
btwn life and death..
I change tyres more than I change undies...
So next time you turn up to BR with the same tires as last time,
you'll just claim you have been wearing knicks the whole time?
--
TimC
Er, RFC 882 put the dot in .com.

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Bleve
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13 February 2006, 03:29 UTC #4

giantvaude said:
Following on from my recent unexplained crash......
I had only riden about 1k when I went to make a turn that I have done
many times before. Perhaps a little fast, perhaps not concentrating as
much as I should, the front wheel went from under me and I hit the road
big-time. Unfortunately I hit the road and didn't slide. I have very
little grazing to show for the crash, only a fractured femur and
another crack near the hip joint....
I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving
Michelin ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's)
10,000km out of a Michelin pro race?
and it wasn't worn through the tube, the rim and half way along your
spokes?

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Sir Lex
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13 February 2006, 04:45 UTC #5

gplama said:
giantvaude said:
I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving Michelin
ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's) which I had been
considering I should change,
wowa.. these things are cheap items.. and they can mean the difference
btwn life and death..
I change tyres more than I change undies...
cheers,
GPL
The only time that undies need to be changed/washed, is when you can
throw them against a wall and they stick.

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Bleve
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13 February 2006, 04:55 UTC #6

Sir Lex said:

The only time that undies need to be changed/washed, is when you can
throw them against a wall and they stick.
Bollocks. It's when they're so heavy with crusty winnits that they no
longer stick and start falling off (and taking paint with them) that
they're due a wash.

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Graeme Dods
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13 February 2006, 08:34 UTC #7

Sir Lex said:
The only time that undies need to be changed/washed, is when you can
throw them against a wall and they stick.
Wastrel! Those of us who *really* know how to save on washing wait until
they can stick to the ceiling. Walls, pah, light weight!
Graeme

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Aeek
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13 February 2006, 09:41 UTC #8

Bleve said:
giantvaude said:

I think I have now discovered the reason. I have a long serving
Michelin ProRacer tyre on my front wheel (>10,000 k's)
10,000km out of a Michelin pro race?
and it wasn't worn through the tube, the rim and half way along your
spokes?
the only expanation, constant wheelieing.
Andre

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