You were likely still some way from a blow out - you can get the tire down to the puncture strip (often blue in color) and run on that for some time - it works like a boot. When that wears out, the resultant flatting of the tire is not always too dramatic, as the hole that forms in the tire is often small enough to abrade only a small hole in the tube, causing only a normal flat. This happened to me on occasion on a long tour (tires were hard to get), but I was only prepared to risk it on the rear. I would NOT recommend it though and you did the right thing changing the tire.
IanA. On Wednesday, February 15, 2017 at 3:05:31 PM UTC-7, LeahFoy wrote: > > But Bill, it was so much more thrilling when I was on the brink of > disaster. Can't we say it was at least a medium risk? -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
