That happened to me in 1964, on a gravel road with a load of camping gear. Every few minutes, I'd hear a pop like a small bore rifle. Fortunately, patching took me only a few minutes. The classmate with me, on a similar bike with a similar load, had no trouble. It's only recently that I learned that whether from miles or years, butyl tubes get brittle.I think planned and commenced an overnight ride on my old Long Haul Trucker, but had to abandon it at the start of the ride, about two hours from home. I had arrived at the ride start point on the train when a tube just blew out. Stupid me only had one spare with me, which was a repaired tube. That lasted 20 kilometres before it went flat. I tried every patch I had (about five) to fix it, and all it would do was find a way to lose air around the next patch applied. Mind you, the whole was about four milimetres long, so I guess to be expected.
What really annoyed me with the second abandonment is that I went over the bike, replaced the brake pads and the cables, as the bike had not been ridden much for a couple of years and then completely ignored the tubes. Guess who the idiot is in serious trouble due to the rescue
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The index was 415 here yesterday but a bit better this morning. It's supposed to exceed 500 tonight & tomorrow morning. Should improve over the weekend though.
Can't tell what you ate, but I detect a definite trace of vado smoke.I just farted on my back porch.
I think it's headed your way?
Let me know if you can tell what I had for lunch.
Talk about the evils of second hand smokeCan't tell what you ate, but I detect a definite trace of vado smoke.
I have had mine since sometime ~ 2014, and so far so good. Hopefully stays that wayThat happened to me in 1964, on a gravel road with a load of camping gear. Every few minutes, I'd hear a pop like a small bore rifle. Fortunately, patching took me only a few minutes. The classmate with me, on a similar bike with a similar load, had no trouble. It's only recently that I learned that whether from miles or years, butyl tubes get brittle.
I went to the Surlybike page. By the photo of the Long Haul Trucker they say:
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