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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
Ive never had one completely blow, i get a phewwwww a lot and flat in seconds, but never a blow, my 18in blew on my brother once because the tire wore through, but thats about it.......how do you manage to blow out a tire on a uni though.... -- caw89 - Cody 'Cody's Gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Codys-Gallery) 'sixsixone' (http://sixsixone.com/) AIM: unicaw89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caw89's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8228 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
caw89 wrote: *how do you manage to blow out a tire on a uni though.... * Because he tried to stretch a tiny tube around a big wheel -- Brian MacKenzie - Infection is your finest flower 'TRAINING WHEEL NOT REQUIRED DVD - NOW AVAILABLE!' (HTTP://WWW.LBMMULTIMEDIA.COM) 'ps. just watched TWNR, the UW36 on the stairs broke my brain' - markf 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://londonunicyclingclub.ca/unicycleReviews.aspx) *122* reviews on *79* products, never make an uninformed purchase again! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian MacKenzie's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7650 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
Haha, ok, i was more refering to the others that have also...is it only from overinflating or are tubes poping for other reasons, like why are they going boom, instead of phew..... -- caw89 - Cody 'Cody's Gallery' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Codys-Gallery) 'sixsixone' (http://sixsixone.com/) AIM: unicaw89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ caw89's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/8228 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
I was pumping up a bike tube. In the basement, bike on a workstand. Nothing out of the ordinary, new tube, old tire and rim, but no harm done, (passed the dragging fingers along surface to find points test) and it just exploded as described (with the added ear pain of being in a small closed room) It's also happened on a bad landing on a bike, front tire exploded, and sent me crashing down. I think it 'just happens' sometimes. -- Brian MacKenzie - Infection is your finest flower 'TRAINING WHEEL NOT REQUIRED DVD - NOW AVAILABLE!' (HTTP://WWW.LBMMULTIMEDIA.COM) 'ps. just watched TWNR, the UW36 on the stairs broke my brain' - markf 'Unicycle Product Reviews' (http://londonunicyclingclub.ca/unicycleReviews.aspx) *122* reviews on *79* products, never make an uninformed purchase again! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian MacKenzie's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7650 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
Blowouts that go POW! are caused by the tire bead lifting or slipping out of the rim and allowing the tube to very rapidly attempt to escape from a small confined opening between the rim and the bead of the tire. The tube can't do that and bursts rapidly and loudly. On a standard Coker rim the tire can fairly easily slip off the rim if it is not evenly seated all the way around. The Airfoil rim is a much tighter fit and makes it more difficult for the bead to completely pop off the rim. When installing the tire it is important to make sure the bead is set evenly all the way around the rim otherwise you do risk a blowout. Another cause is getting a fold of tube between the tire bead and the rim while the tire is being installed. When you pump it up it will force the tire bead to slip out of the rim and then POW! Using a high volume high pressure air compressor pump (like at a service station) is also a good way to get way too much pressure in the tire and blow it right off the rim. Bike shops that use an air compressor have a special regulator to control the pressure and air volume. It is not a good idea to use a service station air pump to inflate a bicycle or unicycle tire. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/7lvbu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
On a Muni ride a couple of years ago leow was using a light weight latex inner tube that went off like a shotgun while hopping, the tear in the tube was quite impressive. Actually I haven’t had a puncture on a unicycle yet, I must be lucky (I shouldn’t have said that should I, doh!). -- unicus - I need to change this 'Photos' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Photos-from-unicus) 'Videos' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/unicus) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unicus's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/869 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
If the tube makes a loud POW then the 'tube exploded outside of the tire' (http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/tube-failure.html). You won't get a loud POW from a normal flat or from a flat where the tube stays inside the tire. -- john_childs - Guinness Mojo john_childs (att) hotmail (dott) com Gallery: '' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/john_childs) ' Unicycling Bookmark List' (http://backcountry.unicyclist.com/) :: 'World Clock' (http://tinyurl.com/a99y3) 'Click Me' (http://tinyurl.com/7lvbu) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ john_childs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/449 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
"leadpan" m wrote in message yclist.com... 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's a REALLY impressive noise when one blows in the confines of a Gymnasium. Nao |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
Naomi wrote: * It's a REALLY impressive noise when one blows in the confines of a Gymnasium.* Yes, I'm a vegetarian too. -- Mikefule - Roland Hope School of Unicycling http://www.dolphin-morris.co.uk/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mikefule's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/879 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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