I went to Christmas Valley for a weekend ride with one of my employees and my Dad.
As usual I was in a hurry to finish up final business and get out of town ASAP.
4 hours of driving, unload the bikes and we were off for about 5 minutes when I heard a loud bang.
At first I thought my engine had done a massive backfire.
However, it seemed to be running fine.
Then I felt the whole thing shimmy.
I stopped and looked back and saw that the entire tire was blown off the rim on one side
Due to being in sand, I rode it back to camp very slowly.
When I got there I realized that I didn't bring a spare wheel which I usually do.
Next I thought I'd repair the tire but saw that the bead was broke all the way through....
So here I am, 4 hours from home on a 3 day ride with no way to fix it.
What did I do?
I grabbed a screw drive, jammed the tire back over the rim and rode it for three days totally flat
I had to take it easy but I survived the weekend with only minor crashes.
Here is a video taken with my Hero GoPro camera mounted backwards.
I used one of the lower resolutions to make the video longer.
I have about 2 1/2 hours of video which I will need to edit before I try to upload any more.
It's no big deal, but it was still fun.
Other than a huge dust storm the weather was good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLh2TN_2AawThe scratchy sound is from my Dad throwing sand, rocks, and dirt at me and hitting the backside of the camera
