Glad you didn't fall. Speaking of almosts, much more recently than with the
19 mm tires, I was riding my Fargo, with 60 mm Big Apples at sub 20 psi,
down a very steep, curving hill -- the sort of hill where, if you were to
just let it go, you'd hit 40 mph, even though the hill is only 4/10 of a
mil
I had a front tire blow out coming down Mt. Diablo back in the late 70s.
I was coming around the bend in between Turtle Rock Ranch and Diablo Ranch when
I heard a loud “blam”.
I felt the front wheel start to wash out, I grabbed the rear brake, dropped
down onto the top tube and dragged my my fe
Upon further reflection, I remember hitting a bump or hole at pretty hi
speed, hard enough to jar my hands half loose from the bars. I wonder if
that is when the casing got damaged and the tube lasted a couple of more
miles. When I examined the road where the flat occurred I couldn't find
any
I'm glad you caught it before it caught you! The one front blowout that
really scared me was back 28 years ago when I foolishly rode 19 mm
clinchers at 110+ psi. Just about to dive into a very fast 90* corner at
the bottom of a steep, long hill -- bam .. hsss! A very short hsss because
the tire vol
I have been working too hard and so late this morning Saluki and I went out
for a ride on one of my favorite routes, out and back from Fairfax Vt
through the back roads, north toward St Albans. Its a pretty route with
very little traffic, the weather was perfect for riding, the roads, both
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