Peter Kohler said:
> My problem is I've had two cases of my Vittoria Rallys (ok they're cheap
> and cheerful) getting what I can best describe as a zit. It's a blister
> or pimple about the size of a pencil eraser in the middle of the tread. No
> instant flat but eventually it pops. First time it happened on my Raleigh
Pro, it popped but oddly the >tyre didn't go entirely flat and I could ride
home on it. Yesterday evening on my PX-10 it was like a >rifle shot (you
know the kind of puncture that sends air up the back of your jersey) and
that was it. >Now, both of these tyres came from different sources one was
23 wide and other 21. Never had this >happen before with these or other
tubulars. Both occurred at about the same time. Odd! And >annoying. I waited
for the Peugeot BP Team Car and it never showed and I walked home. At least
this >was near the beginning not the end of my ride...
Peter, you have been hit by one of the quirks of riding tubulars ... you weren't carrying a spare. It is widely known that if you carry a spare, you won't flat, but if you don't carry a spare, you will flat. :^)
Earle "Clement silks" Young
Madison, Wisc.