I took my wheel off my bike and decided to use my spare tube instead of patching the tube on the side of the road. I put it in and started pumping it up. I have my old cross tires on the bike and the extra tube was a road tube. Someone recently told me they use road tubes in their cross tires and just pump them up extra. Well I pumping it up and this happened:
(Yes that is a piece of a 'Princess Puzzle' that you see through the spokes. A sign that I have a 2 year old daughter). Sounded like a gun went of next to my ear. Luckily it blew out to the side and not into my face. Please note two things in the picture:
- The size of the hole in the tube
- Just above the hole in the tube you'll notice the wire bead from the tire. Yup the force blew a hole through my tire! Needless to say I had to call Jessica to come pick me up.
The crazy part is the tire pressure wasn't that high, 50 maybe 60 psi. Lesson learned. Some people say to just use road tubes in your cross tires, I say don't do it!
2 comments:
I really think the Princess Puzzle was for you and you are just trying to cover it up by saying it is your daughter's. That's pretty cheap. I am very impressed by the hole you made in the tube and tire though. That takes some serious force! - Incase you don't recognize the name, this is Natalie Burningham
Hmmm, interesting theory on the Princess Puzzle...I cannot confirm nor deny anything...
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