Ecky Thump!

[Arch]

It's time for my winter hack to move downstairs and become the daily use bike. It's been sitting on a flat front tyre for most of the summer, thanks to what I think is a very very slow leak - so slow I never bothered to fix it last year.

So this morning, before I went out shopping, I pumped it up, to see if it went down quickly during the day.

Got home to find I had some unexpected black pudding!





I've seen (or more correctly heard) a tube force a tyre off the bead, and burst, but I've never seen this!

It's like a slug, eating my Big Apple!

 

[Gixxerman]

Wow that is impressive. I am amazed the tube has not exploded.

 

[Crackle]

But has it leaked

 

[Arch]

Wow that is impressive. I am amazed the tube has not exploded.

I only put about 40psi in, which might have helped. And bizarrely, the rest of the tyre felt as firm as it had been, despite the extra tube capacity!

 

[byegad]

A pin would be fun!

 

[Arch]

A pin would be fun!

No it wouldn't!

I let it down very carefully via the valve!

 

[betty swollocks]

If it's any consolation Arch, I've got the same radiator as you.

 

[Fab Foodie]

If it's any consolation Arch, I've got the same radiator as you.

 

[fossyant]

What was the tube size - 26 x 1.5 FOOT ?