Originally Posted by
pdlamb
I've ridden across these bridges on 28-35. No matter what size I'm riding, I always wish for the next size up.
Did you try to do a post-mortem on the tire that blew out? Was there a sharp edge that cut into the tire, or a defect that happened to blow on the bridge?
I just assumed the blow out was due to the slick jagged grating and did not inspect the tire. I remember feeling the tire sliding left and ride just before the blow out. At the time I had only been riding decent distances (for me) for a couple of months. My long ride of 54 miles happened the ride before the blow out, and I was scheduled for an event of 80 plus miles a couple of days after the blow out. I never recovered mentally and have sworn off road bike bikes and group riding (even though I was riding solo when I wiped out) haha.