davethsparky
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It appears I picked up a screw in one of my other tyres while we were out!
Forgottenpoppy
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bad tyre karma!!! If its any consolation my near side rear wheel nearly fell off in Farnham and all the wheel nuts on the other three were loose too!
Splittersi
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Aside from the fallen snorkel and slightly bent hi lift (fixed) all good !!
davethsparky
Active Member
Jeezus poppy, how did they get like that? Thank goodness you got them in time.
The V8 man
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If its any consolation my near side rear wheel nearly fell off in Farnham and all the wheel nuts on the other three were loose too!
Blimey better check mine lol
Forgottenpoppy
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Christ knows
became aware of clumping noise just coming into Farnham pulled up on high street to discover offending nuts!!Even my locking wheel nuts were hanging off.
I have two thoughts on this
One, there's been a car hanging round my road doing slow drivebys wondering if someone got disturbed on wheel removal? Possible but no damage to locknut
Or had breaks done two weeks ago maybe never got tightened properly!? I never thought to check them
Forgottenpoppy
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Paul mentioned his wheel nuts quite often need a tweak after about three laning trips, I know Derbyshire was rough terrain but I've never experienced it before
davethsparky
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Should be, the screw looks quite happy in there and it hasn't noticeably lost any air yet
The V8 man
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Ive never understood why tyres are filled with air, surely in this day and age there must be something we can fill tyres with to stop punctures, maybe some kind of heavy duty sponge so you still get the bounce but dont suffer the punctures, the amount of cyclists i see repairing punctures on the side of the road is amazing, maybe thats another one for Dragons Den lol
Already exists. Do a search! .
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Forgottenpoppy
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The V8 man
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Must have missed that one, did it catch on as ive never seen it advertised anywhere?There is it was on top gear a while ago odd looking tyres but they were capable
Forgottenpoppy
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Dunno not seen them again since they they were a tough rubber tread type affair but instead of a tyre wall they had kind of rubber spoke things inside to hold the shape of the tyre so no air no walls to split wired things
Forgottenpoppy
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Forgottenpoppy
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And in action
The V8 man
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Yes wierd looking, wonder what they would be like off road, Andy might have wished for a set lol
The V8 man
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Yes done a youtube search and seen them in action they seem ok, but if you were in some deep mud i wonder what they would be like as surely the gaps would all fill up!
davethsparky
Active Member
They would have helped me a little yeah.
