Marathon Plus meets its match

[caesar]

Sudden rear (fortunately) tyre deflation yesterday while riding my Brompton on Dorking High Street. Very unusual to puncture these tyres so was intrigued as to what might have caused it. Was a little shocked to see this:

And after backtracking a little way, I found the likely culprit:

I'm sure it was dropped accidentally but I will report it to the police in case they have had similar reports. Still to come is the thumb-blistering fun of changing tyres. At least the old one should be easier to get off than usual as it is cut in half from bead to bead!

 

[Herzog]

Wow, you must have caught it perfectly!

 

[fossyant]

Watch where you are sitting now !!

 

[totallyfixed]

No offence intended but it looks as if your front wheel might be the next thing to dramatically fail .

 

[uphillstruggler]

Sudden rear (fortunately) tyre deflation yesterday while riding my Brompton on Dorking High Street. Very unusual to puncture these tyres so was intrigued as to what might have caused it. Was a little shocked to see this:

And after backtracking a little way, I found the likely culprit:

I'm sure it was dropped accidentally but I will report it to the police in case they have had similar reports. Still to come is the thumb-blistering fun of changing tyres. At least the old one should be easier to get off than usual as it is cut in half from bead to bead!

that looks nasty, were you riding on paving slab type path or tarmac? would have thought that if it was flat on the ground, surely the tyre would have gone straight over with no issues.

 

[caesar]

Tarmac road. It was lying flat when I found it, I guess the front wheel kicked it up perfectly!

 

[caesar]

No offence intended but it looks as if your front wheel might be the next thing to dramatically fail .

I don't understand...

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I've heard of saddles like razor blades but...


I'll get me coat.

 

[Sara_H]

Sudden rear (fortunately) tyre deflation yesterday while riding my Brompton on Dorking High Street. Very unusual to puncture these tyres so was intrigued as to what might have caused it. Was a little shocked to see this:

And after backtracking a little way, I found the likely culprit:

I'm sure it was dropped accidentally but I will report it to the police in case they have had similar reports. Still to come is the thumb-blistering fun of changing tyres. At least the old one should be easier to get off than usual as it is cut in half from bead to bead!

Blimey!

I did have a puncture in my marathon plus once, it was a MAHOOSIVE thorn. I also have slime inner tubes so was saved from a repair!
Dont think a slime tube would have saved you though!

 

[Easytigers]

Wow! Never seen anything like that! Did you hear it go or was it SBD???

 

[caesar]

It made a noise but didn't sound like a puncture. I felt myself drop a couple of inches and initially thought something had gone wrong with the frame pivots.

 

[gaz]

Straight through the beads? Damn!

 

[palinurus]

Bit of crisp packet will sort that out.

 

[caesar]

Straight through the beads? Damn!

Not quite, rim probably stopped the blade and prevented that. There's a few mm of uncut sidewall above the bead on each sides.

 

[cloggsy]

Pass the puncture repair kit. We'll have you up and running in no time

Perhaps not!