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Over Clent tonight with Votchy and Bonestter, doing the Walton Hill side descent, loverly and dry, going far tooo fast, you know where this is going....
Leaned hard over to try and make the turn, front wheel starts to slip...
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Loud pop,world goes upside down and I've now started the hip new craze of camelbak surfing, 25 feet IIRC.
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Hip now swelling up nicely, but taking Rum and cok e in strictly excessive quanitities. Nice...
Always wondered wondered what the big patch in the TipTop puncture kits was for...
So, did you tie a knot in it, or did you have some nice large patches?
Have to say that is probably the most impressive blow out I have ever seen.
Nipples like bullets 😯
I used the neoprene chainstay protector as a patch. It fitted, just about.
Nips are bonesetters, I think he was quite turned on by that much rubber.
animal! 😉
phew!
Had the same thing happen a few years ago for some reason. Fortunately didn't injure myself though, but it sounded like I'd ridden over a landmine! Was that loud.
Had no means of repairing the tyre though, so had a 4 mile walk back to the car, depite having a spare tube!
OOh nasty, I'm assuming you rolled the tyre off the rim and burst the tube that way? Was it a Panaracer tyre by any chance?
That is a true feat of tube shredding..... very impressed!
Was a nice loud pop, unfortunately I missed the actual comedy dismount 🙁 just the humorous post crash recovery dance 😀
I did that jumping the stairs onto (tarmac) milford carpark, I'm sure mine hurt more, 25ft on camelback? Pah I did 30ft on my head....
That would explain the ugliness! You're just too 'core' for me Scruff. 🙂
and next time you'll inflate your tyres correctly... 😉
Cough "tubeless" cough
If you're going to crash, you may as well make it a good 'un! 😆
Get well soon mate!
I had one go like that whilst riding in a straight line to work once. Obviously I was a tad surprised, but fixed it up, got into work and got into work. About half an hour later I heard a muffled 'boom' from the staff room. Same thing again. Still no idea what caused it.
I was following right behind Mick so had a great view of the whole thing 😀
The creative swearing which happened afterwards is like nothing I've ever heard before.
my roadie blew a tube on the train once, not even riding a long. 120psi through a very small hole = very big noise, sounded like a bullet going through a window.