On 05/30/2016 06:51 PM, Peter White wrote:
Bad idea. A rear tire flat at high speed is most likely a minor annoyance, and not very dangerous, because the front tire will still control the direction of the bike and keep you upright. A front tire flat at high speed is likely to result in a crash at high speed, which is more of a major annoyance, because the flat front tire provides almost no directional control. It's like riding through loose dirt or sand with a skinny tire; you turn the handlebar, and nothing happens.
I had a blowout on a front tire once - defective rim had a sharp edge inside it that sliced through the sidewall. I didn't know which tire had blown, couldn't localize the sound, so I didn't touch either brake, heard it was bad to brake a wheel with a blown tire, and let the bike slow down by itself. By the time it slowed to around 8-10 mph the bike lost all directional stability, rolled over sideways and corkscrewed itself (and me) into the ground. And this is without even trying to turn.
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