Re: [St] About a Flat Tire.

[BrettWilson21@xxxxxxx]

I agree whole heartedly. There is no way I would be doing 60mph on a tyre I 
knew was losing air. I would and indeed have kept to around 20mph.


> yikes, you have bigger balls than I, sir.
> I would have only ridden it the 17 miles to the pay phone if I was  
> otherwise dying.
> On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:59 PM, Karl Clark wrote:
> 
> > In reply to:
> >> Subject: [St] Annoying flat today
> >>
> > I was racing along the back country one friday noon and came thru a  
> > turn where someone had tossed a bottle - broken glass in the road,  
> > and I punctured a new ( <500 miles) 2CT I had on the back. Took it  
> > about 30 seconds to go down.
> > My friends rode to town and came back with plugs and Fix-a-Flat. The  
> > hole was too small and the plugs broke every time we tried to shove  
> > one in. Fix-a-Flat was worthless.
> > I rode to town on a flat back tire. Speeds up to 60mph was as fast  
> > as I dared to go but I think I could have gone faster but 60 is fast  
> > enough on a flat tire. The tire was equally squashed on either side  
> > of the rim.
> > Turning though was another matter. I slowed down to the recommended  
> > speed for the curves and more like steered thru the turn. Once I  
> > tried to lean it the back rim bit down on the rubber and the back  
> > wanted to walk out on me. No leaning and It was fine.
> > 12 miles and it didn't even have wear marks where the rim was  
> > riding. HOT tire but track days make em hotter. I venture I could  
> > have ridden all the way home if I was careful, about 70 miles.
> > -------------------------------------------
> > Came out of Bike Night a couple of weeks ago and the front-end felt  
> > really heavy. Rode thru the parking lot and got on the highway ~  
> > about 50 mph the front started to wobble (think tank-slapper!) so I  
> > brought it down to about 35 or so and got off. Front was almost  
> > flat. Rode to a fueling station that was open and put air in it.  
> > Front tire pressure regestered 10-lbs when I started and was only  
> > able to get 35 in it. 30 minutes later when I got off the highway it  
> > was really heavy again but I rode it the 2 more miles to home.
> > ------------------------------------------
> > Flat Back Tire ~ ride it in and no leaning!
> > Flat Front Tire - more of a gamble you might dump it but slow and no  
> > leaning will get you out of a tight spot.
> > -
> > -
> >   
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