Comments on: 11/01/2012 – Road Kill http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:38:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: DS http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57459 DS Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:00:01 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57459 @widsith If you get a "blam!" it's usually not from a patch lifting. That gives a "hss hss hss" instead. "Blam!" usually means you didn't get the tire bead seated straight enough, maybe because you pinched the tube between the tire and rim. The tire eventually unhooks from the rim and the tube bulges out and explodes. @widsith

If you get a “blam!” it’s usually not from a patch lifting. That gives a “hss hss hss” instead. “Blam!” usually means you didn’t get the tire bead seated straight enough, maybe because you pinched the tube between the tire and rim. The tire eventually unhooks from the rim and the tube bulges out and explodes.

]]> By: Widsith http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57417 Widsith Mon, 05 Nov 2012 14:42:53 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57417 I had the same experience as Yehuda last year, only it wasn't a gunshot, it was the tube in my rear tire blowing out. I'd patched it a few days earlier and apparently hadn't spread the glue evenly enough; one edge of the patch lifted and BLAM! Sounded just like a gunshot. Things turned out well, though. It happened just as I was passing a fresh fruit and vegetable stand. The owner offered me a chair and we sat and talked about cycling while I put on a spare tube and pumped it up. He was surprised by the ease with which I removed and reinstalled the rear wheel and tire, and fascinated with my frame pump. It made a good demonstration of the practicality of using a bike for running errands, since my flat was fixed faster and easier than a flat on a car would have been. I also was able to correct a few misconceptions he had about the "rules of the road" for bikes. All in all, a pleasant experience. I had the same experience as Yehuda last year, only it wasn’t a gunshot, it was the tube in my rear tire blowing out. I’d patched it a few days earlier and apparently hadn’t spread the glue evenly enough; one edge of the patch lifted and BLAM! Sounded just like a gunshot. Things turned out well, though. It happened just as I was passing a fresh fruit and vegetable stand. The owner offered me a chair and we sat and talked about cycling while I put on a spare tube and pumped it up. He was surprised by the ease with which I removed and reinstalled the rear wheel and tire, and fascinated with my frame pump. It made a good demonstration of the practicality of using a bike for running errands, since my flat was fixed faster and easier than a flat on a car would have been. I also was able to correct a few misconceptions he had about the “rules of the road” for bikes. All in all, a pleasant experience.

]]> By: K'Tesh http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57397 K'Tesh Sat, 03 Nov 2012 22:52:31 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57397 Eek... I hope I'm never that hurt! Eek… I hope I’m never that hurt!

]]> By: Djani http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57390 Djani Sat, 03 Nov 2012 14:11:19 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57390 YEY!! Yehuda is back!! Life is back to normal, for most of us. Glade to hear that you made it OK Rick, hope everyone is good as well. YEY!! Yehuda is back!! Life is back to normal, for most of us. Glade to hear that you made it OK Rick, hope everyone is good as well.

]]> By: JohnnyK http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57388 JohnnyK Sat, 03 Nov 2012 12:55:46 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57388 You know sadly some how I believe Joe! You know sadly some how I believe Joe!

]]> By: Glenn http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57381 Glenn Sat, 03 Nov 2012 03:34:24 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57381 ROFL! ROFL!

]]> By: Yehuda Moon http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57373 Yehuda Moon Sat, 03 Nov 2012 01:14:26 +0000 http://yehudamoon.com/11012012/#comment-57373 Pow! Sorry about the late post - Sandy knocked out power in my house for four days. Pow! Sorry about the late post – Sandy knocked out power in my house for four days.

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