Pop! - there goes another Air-B inner tube.

[minor_LEGEND]

That sound of rapidly escaping air at about the furthest distance from the car (& any spares).

Lovely ride upto that point. 4 mile walk after.

 

[clockworkgazz]

hard lesson that one- bet you take a spare next time

 

[mikee]

Dunno why anyone uses them ,nowt but trouble , light tho

 

[feetabix]

that looks like a post mortem!...... :shock: .......i still use the red dust caps to this day, but all my air b tubes have gone to the big latex man in the sky!!.....

 

[highlandsflyer]

You could have stuffed the tyre with all sorts there and ridden.

 

[racer x]

did the rim let go first looks nasty

 

[T'boo Ted]

I remember getting some of those many moons ago. The mags were running the add stretching one over the jagged broken glass, figured cool. For some reason my lbs had a pair, on sale as no-one wanted them, still stupid expensive.
Put them in went out to practice local DH track, just a rocky fire road back in 93, full rigid. half way down first run, double flat. Not happy

 

[jimo746]

Yep, that's a puncture alright :shock:

No spare tube? :roll: I always take 1 or 2, but as mentioned already you can stuff leaves/foliage/bracken etc into the tyre to make a repair that should get you home. Or just wheelie all the way back

 

[We_are_Stevo]

...surprised you managed to keep enough air in it long enough to get a puncture!

 

[ajantom]

Ah memories of the Malverns in '92.
Take a load of drunken teenagers, One Air-B tube, a track pump and voila an 8ft diameter pink doughnut being bounced around the field.
Was amazing how much they kept on expanding