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> > Now that I've fixed my compressor and I can get the pressure in my tires above 40 PSI, I'm
> > getting a little nervous about being so close to them as I inflate them, just because they're
> > a little old (but no damage or dry rot). But maybe just because I've never experinced a tire
> > blowout. So, anyone who's ever blown a tire as they were inflating it, what's the potential
> > for harm?
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> This happened to me once while inflating a tire with a frame pump. There I was, sitting
> cross-legged on the ground with the wheel in my lap. I remember that for an instant before it blew
> I could actually see the growing bulge, but I had very little time to get alarmed before, as
> others have mentioned, BANG. It was quite loud.
>
Happens every now and then here, I hate inflating 110 psi road tires, especially when they aren't
new. They always seem to let you get to 105
psi before they blow. Then you can't hear for a little while. guy I knew once made a compress out of
an old fridge compressor. Well I don't know how high those will go but they certainly don't cut
off at 110 psi for safety like a shop compressor does. He put it on a mtn. bike tire and walked
away for just a few minutes. The tire went off like a bomb and the wheel hit the ceiling, the rim
was tacoed, the metal bead was separated form the carcass about 3/4 of the way around and my ears
were ringing for hours even though I was outside the garage.
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