I was pretty excited about riding my vintage Fuji bike tonight back home, but instead I had to call my wife to pick me and bike up :(
I put all the gear up (helmet, leg tie, glasses), unlocked the bike, jumped in the saddle, and *SMACK!* front tire jumped off the rim and ripped. Crap, it was perfectly fine this morning... I guess is has something to do with pumping tires to 100 psi this morning. I just did a little research about my tire size (27x1-1/4) and looks like you shouldn't inflate them to their recommended max PSI, because they won't stay on the rim (old bikes don't have some kind of hooked walls on it or something like that). People on bikeforums recommend inflating to around 80-90 psi. Wish I knew this before... Tire is beyond repair, metal strands are sticking out of the walls... Looks like it's back to riding mnt bike until I can replace tires (I might as well do both)
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