Irene McC
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- Location
- CPT, South Africa
Don't feel bad Jens. When I was going to school I kept my bike in the kitchen of our apartment. One morning while eating breakfast, the rear tire blew out sending talcum powder all over the place. Scared the crap out of us as it was a small apt and the dinning room was all hard walls, so no sound absorption. Turns out when I transported my bike down to school the rear tire sat right in front of the exhaust pipe of my car when the bike was on the rack I'd built. It got an aneurysm in the tube that I didn't notice. Sure did wake me and my roommate up that morning.View attachment 304947
This one got a going over today, freshly aired tires, degreased and relubed chain etcetra, off I went. The trip lasted for about 150 meters before the back tire literarily exploded, to the tune of blowing out parts of the sidewall, down to the steel rim insert.
The walk of shame home, swapping the front-bag over onto the ECR and off I went.
This can never ever happen to me again.View attachment 304947
This one got a going over today, freshly aired tires, degreased and relubed chain etcetra, off I went. The trip lasted for about 150 meters before the back tire literarily exploded, to the tune of blowing out parts of the sidewall, down to the steel rim insert.
The walk of shame home, swapping the front-bag over onto the ECR and off I went.
Looks more like a windvane to me.