POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)

Guess it was bound to happen. I over inflated my tire because the gas
station's gauge did not work, so I had to guess. Then as I started to
ride off few feet...

PPPPPPPPOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWW!!! X 100

It must of sounded like a cannon! It was LOUD! Fortunately, I did not
UPD. Upon examination, only the tube bursted, the tire was okay. The
fact that I had a 29" tube in my Coker probably contributed.
How was your first tire blowout like? (I bet it was not as LOUD as mine)



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Ooops!

As a kid, I once filled a bicycle tyre at a petrol station compressor.
It went off bang as I was still putting more air in. I had a mile and a
half's walk home - after an initial quarter mile sprint to get away from
the scene of the "crime".

My first uni was Pashley 20. I took it to show a friend who was a very
keen bicyclist. He encouraged me to put some more air in the tyre and
we used his track pump. We pumped it up rock hard. I rode the uni for
a bit then left it outside whilst we went in for a cup of tea. I left
it in the sun, and a few minutes later, "Bang!".

On my first ride on the 28, I was spinning along a rough gravel and
ballast path when the inner tube blew out. The uni stopped dead and I
continued for some distance with my legs spinning in the air like Bugs
Bunny before he realises he's run over the edge of a cliff. It turned
out that the tube was too long and had been put in with a Z fold!

On the same uni, a few months later, the valve suddenly ripped away from
the inner tube as I was riding around the Water Sports Centre. That
wasn't so noisy, but it was a 3 mile walk back to the car.

I dread to think what could happen in the case of a high speed Coker
blow out. Glad you're not hurt, anyway.


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i learned a lesson by leaving my BLACK 20" unicycle out in the mid day
sun, and it was at max pressure too. right when i picked it up and
touched it to the ground the tube blew up. it sounded like a gun shot,
but not loud enough to hurt my ears. it wasn't a huge deal, except
getting a tire off a rim with screwdrivers is HARD.lol


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One time I was at my friends house and we decided to go to the BMX
track. His tube was low so he pumped it up before we left. We were
getting close to the track and then, "bang!" Turns out his tire was so
bald to the little bit of riding we did put a whole through the tire and
blew tube. Man, it sound like a shotgun.


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Happened to me too.
On my first unicycle, the day I bought it.

Pumped it up, don´t think it was over inflated or anything, Went in for
dinner. and *B-O-O-O-O-O-O-M-!- *


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blah blah blah, its happened to me many times..not on a uni but on a
bicycleta....wheel go BOOM! pants go brown,,,,,


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http://tinyurl.com/cvnua

That's an earlier thread I wrote about an exploding 29"er. I doubt the
first one was as loud as your Coker, but when it happened again in the
bike shop, it prolly was -- sound was magnified off the walls of the
small shop, and my ear was right next to the wheel as the guy pumped it
up. Most likely I'll never experience a sound like that again (I'm lucky
I still experience hearinig in that ear!).

Glad your ok!


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http://tinyurl.com/cvnua

That's an earlier thread I wrote about an exploding 29"er. I doubt the
first one was as loud as your Coker, but when it happened again in the
bike shop, it prolly was -- sound was magnified off the walls of the
small shop, and my ear was right next to the wheel as the guy pumped it
up. Most likely I'll never experience a sound like that again (I'm lucky
I still experience hearinig in that ear!).

Glad your ok!


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In Jr. High, I had an expensive (for the times) Schwinn 10-speed with 90
psi tires. My friend had a Sears Free Spirit 10-speed with the el
cheapo 45 psi tires. He couldn't afford new tires so instead he did the
next best thing and asked the LBS for high pressure inner tubes. I
guess the LBS guy humored him and sold him the tubes.

I was there when my buddy pumped his 45 psi rated tires on stock steel
rims up to 90 psi...


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from falling. It's to teach them to always get back up."

Always give lots of credit and take very little. Seems to make everyone
happier. Conversely, take as much responsibility for mistakes as one can
assume! - Dr. Bobo

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Those air lines aren't much good at pumping up relatively small volume
tyres like bike or uni tyres.

I'm pretty sure it's actually illegal to use a garage line for bike
tyres (at least in the UK).


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