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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) -- leadpan - OC Cokeur "Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever" - Lance Armstrong ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leadpan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9751 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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. -- 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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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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 -- unick 8133 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ unick 8133's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/10398 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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. -- halfbike - Obsessed Rider Your mom goes to college... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ halfbike's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/9428 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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-!- * -- fexnix - 75 cm sidehop ^ '*My fresh gallery*' (http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Fexnix-album) 'knarkargänget' (http://surl.se/elt) \"u can **** off u retard it says sidehop not high jump so shut da f**k up and go ride a b*ke. nob!\" /butty ------------------------------------------------------------------------ fexnix's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7381 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
blah blah blah, its happened to me many times..not on a uni but on a bicycleta....wheel go BOOM! pants go brown,,,,, -- jagur - Random Unicyclist smoke me a kipper, i'll be back for breakfast. --------------------------------------------------- -forget_your_life- -------------------------------------- -------*muni militia *------- *one wheeled death squad* ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jagur's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/502 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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! -- David_Stone Dictator for Life, NYUC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David_Stone's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3834 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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! -- David_Stone Dictator for Life, NYUC ------------------------------------------------------------------------ David_Stone's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3834 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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... -- yoopers - Bruce & Mary Edwards `_______ /L ,[____], L---L –0LLLLLLL0- ()_) ()_)----)_) Munipsycho on the art of raising children: "My job is not to keep them 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 unicycledude93: Steve Dekeokeok unicycledude93: Yoopers Byrnetown: haha, those are old guys ------------------------------------------------------------------------ yoopers's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/31 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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POW! (my first Coker tire blowup)
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). -- rob.northcott - Speed Freak (apparently) You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice ------------------------------------------------------------------------ rob.northcott's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/7436 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/42709 |
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