Re: Catastrophic tube/tire failure

Per Claire Petersky:
In other words, were these two events unrelated, or was
the tire being so low symptomatic of something going wrong that caused the
big bang 15 minute later?

One (very unlikely...but stuff does happen...) thing to check: are the brakes
aligned properly?

Only surprise blowout I had was after a minor crash in which one of the brake
pads got realigned so it was touching the sidewall - and wore through it after a
little braking.
--
PeteCresswell
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