Fat-White-Boy Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 well, by bike was at rest at home and alll a sudden (inner tube no more than 5 minuetes old) BANG, flat tyre, no apparent reason, this happend to anyone, anyone got any ideas? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobnobs Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Happened to one of my buddies on the beach once, could be due to heat? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat-White-Boy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Happened to one of my buddies on the beach once, could be due to heat? i am in singapore at the moment but ive been here for 2 months and it hasnt happend before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poopipe Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 i am in singapore at the moment but ive been here for 2 months and it hasnt happend beforemosquito ? surely it cant be heat - if it were hot enough to expand the air that much you'd be dead. you're sure you didnt pinch the tube when you were puttting it in or something to that effect? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smo™ Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 mosquito ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 mosquito ? surely it cant be heat - if it were hot enough to expand the air that much you'd be dead. you're sure you didnt pinch the tube when you were puttting it in or something to that effect?if he already had it at high pressure and the tube was low quality it wouldnt take as much to do that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Mine's shat the bed too. There were a few almost pinches on there, so I just put it down to the pressure gradually working at these holes 'til it went booooooooooooooooom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam-pantera Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 I got my tube cought inbetween a pleb ounce and i was walking away to fix it and it exploded it sounded like a shotgun . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark W Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 You got your tube caught between a pleb? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonPace Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 the tube could have been twisted perhaps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egg Fried Rice Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 why did you have a new inner tube? if you punctured the tube before by running over something sharp it might still be in the tyre and you didnt check on the inside to see if it was still in there and caused your new tube to pop aswell.JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si-man Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Happened to my mate on his bmx, running 100psi, blew a hole about 6" long in his tyre.Was like a gun going off haha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davetrials Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 You got your tube caught between a pleb?LMFAO!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deonn h Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 It`s probabley a thorn , mine has done this before.The tube moved round slightley in the tire , then it caused the tube to get a huge rip in it.Or its just a dodgy tube. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Pearson Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 By the sounds of things, I'll wager it was either that you didn't put any air in the tube before putting it in the tyre, thus having an incorrectly seated tube which would cause it to explode. Or you didn't get the tyre all the way on and the tube expanded, pushed the tyre off the rim and exploded due to the sudden decrease in pressure/pinched itself betwen the tyre and rim.Other than that, no idea.Rich Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat-White-Boy Posted August 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 ok, heres the full story, woke up. realised the tyre was flat, (i realise i hadnt gottne a puncture repair kit)i walk to bike shop buy inner tube, walk homeNADS, realise i dont have tire leavers or pump so i take back wheel of and head tit bikeshop, they sort me out, replace the thing, hunkey dorey all round, by the time i get home the new inner tube is deflated, smeg, there was a thorn in the tyre, then i take the whole thing to the bikeshop where the give me a new one for free (he replaced the old and didnt see the thorn ergo his fault) all fine, go home5 minuites after laying my bike against the wall, BANG, tyres flat. i was really not a happy bunny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bionic Balls Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 happened to me a few times....usually on oldish tubes....but once on a brand new one- bike shop gave me a new one though....it had split about 4" along the seam!adam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Token Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 air temperature rose (sp?) expanding your tube, fairy came along an stuck his massive todger into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan6061 Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 Maybe the guy in shop didn't actually replace your tube?I did that by accident at work once... Or he/you didn't put the tyre on properly, so the sidewalls were pinching the tube.or it was dodgey tube, I was pumping one up at work, and it blew up in my colleuges ear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoyoyo Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 If you have steel wire tyres, might be worth checking that none of it is sticking into the rim.To everyone talking about tyre explosion thingies. Once my friend grabbed his mums wheel so he could ride. Of a kerb and bang, was at a bus stop so it scared all the old people half to death. Was quite funny until we had to walk home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ramps Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 On the little storys theme, at my local bikeshop all the bmxs on display have a tendancy to blow their back tubes at random intervals throughout the summer.I don't have a clue why its done this, so this is possibly my most pointless post ever., Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr ailsbury Posted August 16, 2006 Report Share Posted August 16, 2006 valve split around the bottom where the rims dug into it a bit??? thats happened to me a few times, but only with Kenda innertubes cause they're shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trialsking 55 Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 was going as fast as i could down a hill on my bmx, with around 100psi in the front tyre, and ran over a conker in its shell. it was really cold and frosty so the shell was extrememly stiff, it popped the tube and blew a massive slit around the tyre god knows how i kept the bike under control Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jez Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Spokes too long and pointing through into the tube?Lack of/movement of rim tape?Or just one of the world's great mysteries?Nessie, pyramids, the bermuda triangle, random blowouts...Blame it on the aliens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsy Ben Posted August 17, 2006 Report Share Posted August 17, 2006 Just recently managed to blow my Maxxis downhill tube (rear),checked over it out of curiousity and found almost semi circle marks on it . I came to the conclusion ( ) that my rim tape had moved over slightly, allowing the tube to get pinched inbetween one of the drilled holes in my rim so maybe this could be your answer......or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.