Young girl at my local was moaning about her car breaking down on the M25. She said she thought it was "pulling a bit to the left"A passing motorist flagged her down and her nearside tyre was deflated and completely split in two and must have been running on the rim.I blame power steering and all the other modern comforts which isolate drivers from all the "feel" of todays cars.Maybe its just another reason why you guys still love biking.
I’m surprised she didn’t hear it. A deflated tyre flogging along kicks up quite a racket.
Quote from: Fazerider on 10 January 2018, 12:13:41 pmI’m surprised she didn’t hear it. A deflated tyre flogging along kicks up quite a racket.Twice I have been in hire cars in the USA where the suspension was so soft, the concrete roads too noisy and the roads too straight that we have had blowouts and not noticed for so long that the tyre was shredded.
Every time I’ve been out there I’ve pulled over convinced a tyre has gone down only to find they’re all fine and it was just the concrete surface. I guess once you’re used to it you then discount failed tyre noises and get caught out.Fortunately UK roads are usually quieter than that, though the M25 has some American style surfaces.
Quote from: Fazerider on 10 January 2018, 06:53:21 pmEvery time I’ve been out there I’ve pulled over convinced a tyre has gone down only to find they’re all fine and it was just the concrete surface. I guess once you’re used to it you then discount failed tyre noises and get caught out.Fortunately UK roads are usually quieter than that, though the M25 has some American style surfaces.I agree I have done the same, one time in Florida I stopped to check my tyre & the cops pulled alongside and asked what was wrong when I explained he advised that the area I had stopped was not a safe place for "whites" to stop!
US roads are terrible for causing alarming noises: they either squeal at the slightest provocation, make moaning noises, clunks like you’re going down a flight of shallow steps or do an excellent impersonation of a flapping tyre.Every time I’ve been out there I’ve pulled over convinced a tyre has gone down only to find they’re all fine and it was just the concrete surface. I guess once you’re used to it you then discount failed tyre noises and get caught out.Fortunately UK roads are usually quieter than that, though the M25 has some American style surfaces.
Quote from: Fazerider on 10 January 2018, 06:53:21 pmUS roads are terrible for causing alarming noises: they either squeal at the slightest provocation, make moaning noises, clunks like you’re going down a flight of shallow steps or do an excellent impersonation of a flapping tyre.Every time I’ve been out there I’ve pulled over convinced a tyre has gone down only to find they’re all fine and it was just the concrete surface. I guess once you’re used to it you then discount failed tyre noises and get caught out.Fortunately UK roads are usually quieter than that, though the M25 has some American style surfaces.I know what you mean. A lot of the freeways are concrete and patterned for grip or something. If it were up to me I'd change the frequency of the pattern so it played a tune as you drove over it.
They actually did that somewhere like the groves on a record and it sounded good in the car but to people living near by it was just a racket
Yes but it was in the wrong key though wasn't it.