When wheels go BOOOOM!!!

[Squier]

This cycling thing, never boring I tell you.

 

So, it's a sunny Friday afternoon and an extra fun one as I picked up a shiny new Ardent Race tyre to pop on my rear wheel before Tankwa Trek.

 

I get home, pop the old tyre off, pop the new one on, add some sealant and, as pomping is not my forte, quickly drive to the Engen Garage around the corner to seat the wheel on the rim. At the garage I pump the wheel 3.5 bar, as is my usual method of making sure the tyre is seated, spin it for a while to get the sealant to spread in the wheel, placed it on the back seat and drove back home. Easy as pie.

 

I arrived home to our leafy, green, tranquil suburb 5 minutes later knowing that once I put my wheel back on my bike it's beer o' clock by the pool. I get out, open the driver side rear door and as I touch my wheel there is an explosion akin to what I imagine Nagasaki and Hiroshima combined sounded like.

 

Stunned and disoriented I look up to see my kids come running out of the house. Their mouths are moving but their voices mum. A bewildered flock of hadedas flies up from the trees behind me trying to escape what must've to them sounded like the start of World War lll. I can see their beaks moving but all I hear is an incessant ringing in my ears. As I wait for the color to return to my sight I realize that the lack of color is due to my immediate surroundings being stained in Stan's white. The only thing no longer white is my underpants.

 

My rim had exploded. The tyre had some damage to the bead, but looked fine, but my month old Fulcrum rim was FUBAR.

 

It's now 3 weeks later and I'm slowly starting to recover from the shell shock. This wasn't the first time I changed a tubeless tyre, but it must probably was the last.

 

 

 

 

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[MrJacques]

Wow, what a mess! Glad you are ok.

[Piston ZA]

Sorry man, but jassus, that was k@k funny. Well written. I'm glad you still have a sense of humor after that (although that might be why you waited 3 weeks to tell us)

[Face Plant]

Sorry for laughing but that was a good read! i have never ever seen a rim get destroyed like that, i had a similar experience when a tyre came off a rim while i was pumping it .... i am still waiting for the cat to come back home!

 

i wonder if the rim was cracked and maybe let go under the pressure? 

 

PS. good luck with cleaning your car

[Long Wheel Base]

Jeez man that's hectic. Have you managed to clean the inside of the car yet?

PS: LOL I dig your style of writing, funny stuff.

[Imploder]

Holy Sh*t!! Glad you're ok. 

 

Good story though!

[Ferro]

Thanks for sharing. Hilarious write up. Good luck with those stains.

[Robbie Stewart]

Sorry for laughing, but shees you tell it funny.

Sorry 'bout the rim. Thanks for making a *** Friday better.

[Meezo]

remove the rim and tyre, and try explaining that to your wife

[Beattbox]

Brilliant description  . Not so brilliant what happened tho.

[Letum911]

Sorry bud, but it's freakin funny!! Very well written indeed!! 

 

Have you managed to figure out the cause? I have never seen this before

[Boerklong]

Poor Hadidas

[Skinnyone]

HAHAHA sorry for laughing - I know that pain...I have had it happen to me more than once...Working in bike shops you see all sorts. 

 

My colleague once pumped up a tyre, shook it around, bounced it on the floor, stood it on the bench with the valve at the top and was screwing on the valve cap when the tyre let go - in his face...he was covered head to waist in sealant, also couldn't hear, or see cuz he had sealant in his eyes...he went home to change his clothes and didn't return for the rest of the day...he spent it in the shower trying to get the stuff out of his eyes, nose, ears, hair and beard.

 

I was once pumping up a road tyre in an empty garage when it blew - I don't think my hearing has been the same since.

[Spinnekop]

Awesome.  Hahhahahahahha

 

"Almost" the same thing happening to me a while back.  Only I was busy pomping.

You can still see my outline against the wall where I stood next to the wheel.

 

Roof, wall, floor.

E va ra thing.

Luckily no damage to the rim.  

 

Groot skrik and it is only funny a week or two after.

 

Thanks for sharing the lag.  

[Popit]

LMFAO ....

Well written .

 

Sorry about your rim and car .