5MV-103 – Tyre troubles in Sudbury
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On a recent ride from Cambridge to the seaside, a CCC group and I stopped at Sudbury in Suffolk. At the stop I observed a nasty split in my front tyre; I could not complete the ride. Because the tyre split was quite bad, I looked the train times up, the quickest train would take five hours (4.5h + 0.5h from the station to home) to get me the 60km back home. I decided to take a chance and ride the bike. I did, however, take the precaution of letting pressure out of the tyre. It got me home but I did put some tape inside the tyre to prevent the innertube bulging out and to reinforce the tyre.
It took me less than two and a half hours to get home, less than half of the time it would have taken by train!
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Terry
I’ve just ridden to Sudbury and suffk from Cambridge with my cycle club they’re carrying on to west of Mercy unfortunately I’ve got a split in my tire so I’m going to have to turn back because the split so bad I looked up the train times and the quickest train to get me back to Cambridge takes over 4 hours so I’m going to ride back and see whether I can beat the train it’s quite bad but I let some pressure out of the tire and I think it should get me home lowering the tire pressure I think did help however the cuts contined to deteriorate during my 60 km ride home so I did stop and took the tire off and put some Gorilla Tape inside the tire to stop the inner tube bulging out now I don’t usually like to throw things away but this tire I think is ready for the bin I managed to ride the 60 km back home in about 2 and 1/2 hours which is about half the time it would have taken on the train so it would seem I am faster than a speeding train if you can catch up with me I’ll see you in the next video okay I admit it this is probably a bit more like me
5 Comments
Good post. Take note everyone!
The same fix got me home once. Additionally I've got a couple of others out of the "mire" with it. It's nice to stop and help others anyway but there's no one more grateful than a bloke saved from long walk pushing an expensive bike.
All my bikes have a few wraps of it round the pump or seatpin.
Ha! I would've just given up and taken the train.
Just curious but why didn't you stop in a local bike shop in Sudbury and buy a new tire and continue with your planned ride?
what what? 60km ride .. and the train takes 4 hours?
Take the old tire nd cut a section 4 or 5 inches out, Trim the sides and use as a inner tire boot next time?