Damaged tyre bead
rickyrider
Posts: 294
Was cycling home this evening when suddenly found the front wheel starting to judder against the brake blocks, and then within 20 seconds or so, suddenly, there was a loud pop/hiss. Never had a blow out before in years of cycling, but first time for everything.
Anyway, it wasnt a really full on blowout, but it was enough to distort the tyre (700x32 Marathons) and when I came to change the tube, I found the tyre bead itself had slightly ruptured - probably a 2-3 inch small tear right at the wired base of it. They were brand new only a couple of months ago, and have only had a few hundred miles put on them. Anyway, I'm guessing that now the tyre wall is compromised that its game over and time to replace?
Like I say, I've never had this problem before nad have fitted loads of tyres over the years. Any ideas what could have caused this?
Cheers
Anyway, it wasnt a really full on blowout, but it was enough to distort the tyre (700x32 Marathons) and when I came to change the tube, I found the tyre bead itself had slightly ruptured - probably a 2-3 inch small tear right at the wired base of it. They were brand new only a couple of months ago, and have only had a few hundred miles put on them. Anyway, I'm guessing that now the tyre wall is compromised that its game over and time to replace?
Like I say, I've never had this problem before nad have fitted loads of tyres over the years. Any ideas what could have caused this?
Cheers
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Sounds like brake block alignment to be the cause.I've added a signature to prove it is still possible.0
