I know how captain Chesley Sullenberger III feels

bluesacs

I was cycling through the rain storm this morning, when at Kennington my back tyre exploded, at first i thought it was terrorism but after a number of checks concluded it wasn't. Initially there was a brief momentary loss of trajectory and balance whilst counteracting that I signalled to the articulated lorry behind me to give me a wide berth using the internationally recognized waving your arm around in the air. After ensuring the artic wasn't going to paste me I moved onto the pavement and brought my cycle to a gentle stop to the less than gentle sounds of scraping metal and exploded rubber sounds. Slightly less burning goose and more mystification. But I walked my bycycle twice before starting to cut away the inner tube and bits of metal.

I wonder why that happened? I almost got hypothermia on the walk in.

I'll have to see what my black box says. I was tightening the loose spokes yesterday???

Feltup

You were a victim of the NLFPF - the National LIberation Front of Puncture Fairies. They don't use the standard PF tactics of thorns and glass but resort to mechanical sabotage and G2T rockets that's Gutter to Tyre in case you were wondering.

Well done on standing firm against this terrorist threat. Occasionally the council goes in with the street cleaners but that only drives them underground.

prj45

bluesacs wrote:

I wonder why that happened?

Did your tyre ingest a flock of ducks?

laughingboy

bluesacs wrote:

I was cycling through the rain storm this morning, when at Kennington my back tyre exploded...

I wonder why that happened? I was tightening the loose spokes yesterday???

Did you tighten the spoke several turns?
In other words, you might have brought the spoke into the well of the rim...
Check for punctured rim tape.

As any psychologist and bicycle mechanic knows, if your spoke is proud of your nipple, you've got serious problems.