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Flat Tire Yesterday! Tip Of The Day Commute Bike Blogger

4,225 views · Published 20 April 2018 · 19:20 · Indexed 6 November 2026

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Flat Tire Yesterday! My bike had a blowout on my front wheel so it sounded like a gunshot.

I calmly rolled to stop making sure to ride in a straight line and not squeeze the brakes hard or risk falling.

I proceeded to replace the inner tube and pump up the tire. I was almost done but when I went to remove the pump hose the valve core unscrewed and all the air escaped back out.

I decided then to just take my bike home because I didn't have all the tools I needed to fix it properly on the road.

Mistake #1 - I didn't carry two spare tubes.

Mistake #2 - I didn't test my pump beforehand

Mistake #3 - I didn't apply loctite to the removeable valve core threads.

Tip of the day! Carry two spare inner tubes, and practice changing a flat tire without a floor pump. And if you have an inner tube with a removeable valve core, apply loctite to the threads before tightening it using the Park VC-1 valve core tool.

After further inspection I noticed a burr on the lip of the wheel rim. I'm not sure if that caused my flat tire, but it wasn't there before my ride so it must have been caused by hitting something in the road. I lightly smoothed it out with sandpaper and hopefully all is well now

I'm not entirely sure why I got a blowout because I remember inflating the tire before riding, but I know the clincher tire had to become unhooked from the wheel rim and expose the tube for the loud bang to occur.

Read more about tire tube blowouts
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/brandt/blowouts.html

Note: That noise I heard during the video 14:00 was my rear brake rubbing. I fixed it after my ride.

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