I went on a short errand on my ebike around noon. The bike ran well. A few hours later, while sitting at my desk, I heard and felt a big boom. It was loud and I could swear I felt the house shake a little. My wife came running downstairs and we were certain that something had crashed in our house. I went out an inspected the perimeter and found nothing. The we checked all the rooms to see if something big like a bookcase had fallen over. Nothing.
That's when I went to the garage to ckeck. What I found was that my rear (plus sized 24x3.0) tire tube had exploded. The tire was completely flat and almost coming off the rim. The tire had been at max pressure of 35psi, but that doesn't seem like enough to cause the type of explosion that we felt in the house. Very weird.
The funny thing is, I had just decided to scrap that tire because it's way to noisy on pavement, so I was going to save it for rides where I might be going on soft soil or sand, but not for ever day. I was just clicking the order button when the explosion happened, so maybe the tire knew it's days were numbered. Anyone ever had this happen or that can offer an explanation on why it exploded with seemingly so much force?
That's when I went to the garage to ckeck. What I found was that my rear (plus sized 24x3.0) tire tube had exploded. The tire was completely flat and almost coming off the rim. The tire had been at max pressure of 35psi, but that doesn't seem like enough to cause the type of explosion that we felt in the house. Very weird.
The funny thing is, I had just decided to scrap that tire because it's way to noisy on pavement, so I was going to save it for rides where I might be going on soft soil or sand, but not for ever day. I was just clicking the order button when the explosion happened, so maybe the tire knew it's days were numbered. Anyone ever had this happen or that can offer an explanation on why it exploded with seemingly so much force?