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Been for a little camping down Preston on wye, on way down yesterday, doing 70 ish, suddenly back end comes round on me at an angle while going in a straight line, I didn't panic or brake, just tried to keep it straight and slow down gradually, really thought I was gonna be Tarmac surfing at one point.
Anyway after inspection, found my valve had completely blew out of my rear tube, followed by rapid deflation, no warning whatsoever. ![]() Aliwakeskate helped me change on the side of the road, luckily there was a bike shop 3 miles away, within about a hour or so we had it fixed. |
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Seen this before think it is caused by tube spinning on rim and that chomps the valve like a cigar cutter.
Well done keeping it upright
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Thought about a mousse?
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Mousee dont seem to last long and cost £££
How about a rimlock? |
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I will consider a rim lock tbh, wouldnt fancy going through that again too soon. That above said, posted this on the abr forum and a guy said vee tubes seem to do this more and he knows of three cases like this, I didn't note the brand tbh before I chucked it. |
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I always used a rimlock with my enduro bikes when out green laning...running low psi causes the tyre to creep round the rim, bringing the tube with it. also, if the new valve has a nut that you`d normally tighten down onto the rim, dont....tighten it under the valve cap or remove it all together...it allows the tube and valve to move a little without damage.
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Rimlocks can give off serious vibes when getting over 40mph. This can be cured with a silly amount of balance weights on the rim or drill another hole and run two rimlocks half way round the rim to balance it out.
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![]() I don't run low pressures so I don't think it's that what caused my issue. It's the unbalance (inbalance?) of rim locks that puts me off tbh, I am going to consider them though. |
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well done to keeping it up!
Have had this on a mountain bike, tyre was pulling the inner tube
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