Have any of you had tires that blow up?
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Again, since you didn't get it the first time, IT DOESN'T MATTER IF THE DEVICE LOCKS ONTO THE TUBE OR NOT. Whatever device you used to inflate your tires, you had to seat it properly on the valve head to get a reliable connection to allow air into the tube. When you pulled that device off of the valve, you did so carelessly, and that is what ripped a hole in BOTH tubes at the base of the valve stem. Stop being so sensitive about this; it's a common mistake that plenty of people make. It's double frustrating when it happens with a new tube, but it happens sometimes. Maybe just try to learn from your mistake and be more careful next time.
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Sorry, I thought that pretty much every person to ever log onto a forum knew that writing in all caps is called "shouting." I mean, really, this is well-known.
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Well, that's fair, since you have missed his point, too. But at least his is valid.
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And you're making assumptions that you don't know anything about. Again, I was not using a pump with a locking head. I used an air hose with a standard Schrader air chuck that couldn't possibly pull on the valve stems. It has absolutely no ability to pull on anything.
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I think he had to assert that in order to save face, because at first he claimed I was yanking on a locked-down air pump head. But I'm so glad that not only was he there to see what I was doing wrong, but he's also apparently inspected the blown tubes from my trash to find the cause of failure.
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Air temp is not the important thing to consider in summer weather. I you start out in the morning and inflate your tires to the max at that time, when the air temp get to 100 think what the temp is on the black top hiway you are riding is. It is so hot you cant touch it, and it raises the air pressure in your tire way up. Then your tire goes bang!!!!
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Air temp is not the important thing to consider in summer weather. I you start out in the morning and inflate your tires to the max at that time, when the air temp get to 100 think what the temp is on the black top hiway you are riding is. It is so hot you cant touch it, and it raises the air pressure in your tire way up. Then your tire goes bang!!!!
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Well actually, a standard air chuck can catch on the threads of a Schrader valve and pull on it, if it's handled carelessly. This is something I've seen happen before when teaching people how to fix a flat at the local bike co-op.
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I think he had to assert that in order to save face, because at first he claimed I was yanking on a locked-down air pump head. But I'm so glad that not only was he there to see what I was doing wrong, but he's also apparently inspected the blown tubes from my trash to find the cause of failure.
Obviously, I was not there to witness you airing up your tires, but based on your description of the incident, it's not hard to diagnose what happened. That you can't admit fault in the matter really says a lot though.
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No, I never claimed that you did anything with a locked-down air pump head; please stop lying about me. I said multiple times that whether or not the pump head (or air chuck) is locked down is irrelevant. The fact remains that according to what you posted, the simplest and only likely explanation for why you had two different tubes go flat due to holes near the valve was due to carelessly handling the valves when you aired them up. If you have evidence to the contrary, please present it. I've been waiting patiently for you to say something that actually refutes Occam's Razor here, and yet you have failed to do so.
Obviously, I was not there to witness you airing up your tires, but based on your description of the incident, it's not hard to diagnose what happened. That you can't admit fault in the matter really says a lot though.
Obviously, I was not there to witness you airing up your tires, but based on your description of the incident, it's not hard to diagnose what happened. That you can't admit fault in the matter really says a lot though.
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If you have evidence to the contrary, please present it. I've been waiting patiently for you to say something that actually refutes Occam's Razor here, and yet you have failed to do so.
Obviously, I was not there to witness you airing up your tires, but based on your description of the incident, it's not hard to diagnose what happened. That you can't admit fault in the matter really says a lot though.
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There was no way for me to carelessly or even deliberately rip the valve stems out using the inflator I used. Airing up tires is something I do many times a day, and I would be aware if somehow the chuck was pulling on a valve stem. And it's physically impossible for the chuck to pull on the valve stem hard enough to rip a hole in the tube. I already explained this. Plus, if it had done that, the tire would have gone flat immediately. Yet one didn't blow until hours later, when it was leaking from where the brass piece of the Schrader valve inserts into the rubber outer covering. If you can pull that loose with a Schrader air chuck, you're more talented than I am.
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Your location is listed as "Parts Unknown." Just out of curiosity, what planet is that?
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There you go, assuming again. It wasn't a "hole in the valve stem," it was the metal piece coming loose from the rubber. Have you ever heard of dry rot? I'm done with you.
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Any time I have ever had a tire "blow up" was a direct result of the tire, and not the tube, or a rim failure. Most often a sidewall failure on an older tire while pumping it up.
Edit, sorry...no I have had a stem blow off before so yes, tube failure as well.
Edit, sorry...no I have had a stem blow off before so yes, tube failure as well.
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Like I said, I'm done with you. Putting you and your arrogant attitude on ignore.
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I hadn't read the comments prior to making and editing mine. Y'all can keep that over there, lol.
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