well theres a gamble

"farscythe - makin da cawfee!" (farscythe) 11/14/2018 at 13:09 • Filed to: None

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had to order myself a new rear wheel (having it built now) plan was to hold off till after salt season... but as my tire as well as my wheel are toast now the choice was made for me

seems like a waste to put a brand new tire on a wheel thats facing imminent catastrophic failure... so new one being made now

if im lucky ill have it by the end of this week.. but im banking on early next week

and theres the gamble... aside from the tire being a blow out waiting to happen... the wheel has just started making that metallic ping of imminent rim failure too

sooo.. wich will happen first... new wheel arriving or old wheel asploding and me going for another tumble?

TheRealBicycleBuck > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/14/2018 at 13:45

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That pinging is spoke movement caused by changing loads. It can come from two spokes rubbing each other where they cross, it can come from the nipple, or it can be the spoke head. In any case, it’s a sign that at least one spoke isn’t properly tensioned. Break out the spoke wrench and fix it!

You can also put in a temporary sidewall repair to keep from having a blowout. A dollar bill will work in a pinch, but a more solid repair involves a bit of sewing.  https://www.thoughtco.com/repair-a-sidewall-gash-in-a-bike-tire-365503

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 13:51

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i have 2 snapped spokes at mo and a rim that isnt round or straight

and i have a brand new tire waiting to go on... just dont wanna risk it on a borked wheel

functionoverfashion > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 14:20

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Funny story relating to that, maybe I shared it here? I was biking with a friend and he had a sidewall failure. We had dropped a car at one end of a 13 mile ride we were doing, so I didn’t even bring my wallet; he did, but only had his “emergency” $100 bill in there. So he patched his sidewall with it. Clearly he took it apart at home but we got a kick out of it at the time.

TheRealBicycleBuck > functionoverfashion 11/14/2018 at 14:26

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I was a dumb high-school kid when I witnessed a sidewall failure for the first time. My buddy and I were on a ride and his bike started making a strange sque aking sound. We stopped to investigate. The rear tire bead let go and the tube was crawling out. The noise was the tube hitting the chain stay. Neither of us had the presence of mind to let some air out of the tube. Instead, we watched it get bigger and bigger until it exploded in our faces. That’s when we realized our mistake. We were looking at a two-mile walk when another friend spotted us and stopped to give us a ride.

Good times.

functionoverfashion > TheRealBicycleBuck 11/14/2018 at 14:37

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We just happened to stop for a break and noticed the tube sticking out, haha. We were probably 5 miles from the end, easily 3 miles from any road, and 2,000 feet in elevation too. We had spares though, obviously. Just not spare tires.

bhtooefr > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 11/15/2018 at 07:12

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It is possible to actually repair bicycle wheels, and if the rim isn’t too far gone, tensioning the spokes properly brings it back into round...

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > bhtooefr 11/15/2018 at 07:16

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it is possible... but this one has been unbent and refixed so often that im pretty much sick of it and want it gone.... i just wanted it gone after winter preferably... but oh well