So I am riding along today and I hear a funny noise. I slow down to figure out what it is and POP! I have a flat tire. Not only do I have a flat tire, but I have tire damage.
I am wondering what happened. Did the tube popping cause the tire damage? Or did the tire fail due to age/mileage? Tire is a Micheline PR2 - about 3 years old with 1000 miles. Did I overinflate? Or did the heat outside cause the tire to become overinflated?
My buddy just brought the car back and picked me up. Could I have repaired this and rode it in? I figured the tire wouldn’t hold with the damage.
1,000 miles on a 3 year old tire? You need to ride more! What pressure are you running? Probably some dry rot in the tire and the bead failed. Not sure you could have roadside repaired that. The typical GU wrapper/Dollar bill trick probably wouldn’t work with a sidewall separation that large with any pressure in the tube of 65 psi.
Not likely the case being that your tire is 3 years old, but last week, a fellow rider had a similar flat and the GU wraper trick worked thank goodness, but it turned out to be a recall/manufacturer issue, Bontrager tire, can’t remember the model sorry. Just a heads up if you ride em, take a look at the beads just to be safe.
PS yes 1000k on a 3 year old tire…your poor bike, being negelcted like that it’s amazing it talks to you.
Thank you for all the “ride more” comments. It’s not my only set of wheels/tires.
My hypothesis was dry rot as well. I may never know for sure what happened. I will check on the brake pad alignment, but I am fairly certain that’s not it.
