Ooh I say, I've split my rim!

[dellzeqq]

you've got to remember to pump, pump, pump every couple of seconds - keeping the pressure on for long periods of time doesn't allow the rim to cool off - and nothing wears out faster than a hot rim!

 

[tdr1nka]

Well, as you were unharmed - sounds quite cool!

All but for the 5 mile walk to work with an un-wheelable bike.

I should point out that it was a cheap old rim that I had, some weeks before, ridden for a few miles without an inner tube or tyre after a nasty blow out on the Elephant & Castle roundabout.

 

[iLB]

All but for the 5 mile walk to work with an un-wheelable bike.

I should point out that it was a cheap old rim that I had, some weeks before, ridden for a few miles without an inner tube or tyre after a nasty blow out on the Elephant & Castle roundabout.

i bet that was interesting/terrifying...

 

[Fnaar]

How long will it be till Fnaar notices this rim thread?

 

[Crackle]

C'mon Fnaar, we're waiting

 

[Fnaar]

I haven't noticed the thread yet, give it a while...

 

[threebikesmcginty]

I'm surprised it him so long before he started poking around!

 

[Fnaar]

I'm not a rim person, really... tend to concentrate on the saddlebags

 

[PK99]

Pause again, and under the watchful gaze of a curious crow discover my rim is split

When that happened to me, a long strip of rim came away, wrapped itself around the brake and stopped the bike dead, innertube appeared throught eh gap and exploded like a rifle shot.

Fortunately i was doing 1 mph over Kingston Bridge at the time not the 30mph downhill i had been doing 15 minutes previously