Originally Posted by
Drillium Dude
Three steps forward, two steps back - or what's otherwise known 'as falling up the mountain':
Blew out like a gunshot under braking for a left hand turn, less than 10 minutes into my first serious test ride. Lucky it didn't happen just a couple of seconds later! Casing split all the way across under the tread. Pretty sure it was either a defect, or these NOS Gommitalia Champions are just too old to trust. This one's life was capped at 3 miles; that's gotta be some kind of dubious record, huh?
Tire shopping commences...
DD
I have had old tires , that look fine , blow out like that before. Scared the heck out of me ! Once on a really fast downhill blast , fortunately on the rear tire. Glad you didn’t go down on that one.