Yesterday afternoon while out for a short but pleasant ride on the Saluki, about 10 miles around a loop and five miles from home, I suddenly became aware of a slight bumping sensation, which I surmised was coming from my front tire. I couldn't see anything wrong with it but rode the last 5 miles very cautiously. At home I found a bump right across the tread. The tire is a nearly new Pari-Moto. I removed the tire and on the inside discovered an inch long slit in the casing.
Unfortunately, I bought the tire early last Summer, then decided to experiment with the Fatty Bumpkins which came on Pat's Betty but didn't actually fit very well. Recently I realized I wasn't riding the Saluki much and suspected it was the tires which were leading me to avoid it. About two weeks ago I put the new Pari-Motos on and fell in love with the bike again. So, bottom line, even if I was certain this was a mfg. defect it would be hard to make a claim now. I tried putting three rolls of electrical tape across the slit but the bubble returned. I cant think of any way the inside of the casing could have failed with out anything coming through the tire. The only other hypothesis I might have is that in order to seat the tire properly I had blown it up to 85, which is 10 more than the recommended max. After the I was sure the bead was on straight, I let some air out but don't own a gage and so didn't recheck the pressure. Still it seems pretty remote that I could have damaged it. Michael -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
