Tire Quality 101

[Easy Rider]

Today during my debut in bicycle racing, I found one important factor. Make the tires have a thick side wall. I had a blowout going into a tight turn after the straight away. I have Specialized Tires. The side wall ripped bigtime. I'm glad I was wearing my karting suit. It prevented some major road rash!

 

[deacon]

Wow I'm glad you were as well.

 

[Easy Rider]

Thanks Deacon, but I did bang my knee up just a little. It definitely could have been worst.

 

[deacon]

I'll say that looks like a real nightmare for about two second then pain

 

[Norman]

I see green stuff! What do your shorts look like?
Just kidding. Slime out of the tires blowouts are not fun on any kind of bike.
I had one in denver,co rush hour traffic interstate 25 coming back from Sturgis had the old lady on back and I thought we were going down but got lucky. New tires on bike. I ran over an allen wrench someone left on the road.

 

[deacon]

thats where i left that darn wrench...

 

[paul]

wow that looks scary! glad you are ok.

 

[Easy Rider]

I see green stuff! What do your shorts look like?
Just kidding. Slime out of the tires blowouts are not fun on any kind of bike.

I originally was going to buy a heavy duty tube but the saleman at the bike shop talked me out of it!

 

[Bikeguy Joe]

Tore that thing up!!!!

 

[nogoodnic]

YIKES! That does not look like it was a fun ride, thank God your alright. How fast were you going when it let loose and were they high presure tires? Theres a group of racers in Estonia that have sanctioned races that used to be members on MK. They would post their race footage, its really cool seeing 10-15 motorized bikes racing around a curvy track. I'll see if I can dig up a ling to some of their stuff...Kelly

 

[Easy Rider]

YIKES! That does not look like it was a fun ride, thank God your alright. How fast were you going when it let loose and were they high presure tires? Theres a group of racers in Estonia that have sanctioned races that used to be members on MK. They would post their race footage, its really cool seeing 10-15 motorized bikes racing around a curvy track. I'll see if I can dig up a ling to some of their stuff...Kelly

I think I was only going mid twenties when my tire popped. Tire pressure was @ 45 psi (recommended is 45-50psi) I went to the ER today and its only a bone bruise. That would be sweet if you could dig up that footage!

 

[chevys4me]

Hows your knee Kenny? I missed the blowout/crash. I seen you walking the bike off the track.

 

[Easy Rider]

The knee's a lot better. Good thing you didn't see me in the trailer! lol

 

[steve's bike]

did you land on moon

 

[nick7269]

I wonder if these would solve yur problems?

Bicycle Tires Guaranteed to Never Go Flat

 

[Jemma Hawtrey]

yikes - and all I use are the standard 'typhoon' tires that came with the bike - nary a problem yet...

Im glad you werent too hurt but I am a little curious as to what it did to the rest of the transmission and engine etc... was there any damage or was it just limited to the tire/tube?

Jemma xx

 

[Easy Rider]

I wonder if these would solve yur problems?

Bicycle Tires Guaranteed to Never Go Flat

Interesting and good find Nick. I wonder if the tire would come off the rim while corning at high speeds.
There's not a lot of info on the site.

 

[Easy Rider]

yikes - and all I use are the standard 'typhoon' tires that came with the bike - nary a problem yet...

Im glad you werent too hurt but I am a little curious as to what it did to the rest of the transmission and engine etc... was there any damage or was it just limited to the tire/tube?

Jemma xx

It was limited to the tire only plus LOTS of clean up from the slime. (Never use that stuff!) I was lucky b/c I was only wearing a karting suit with no pads. The suit allowed me to slide on the asphalt & it also prevented me from getting any road rash.