Well, I never expected to be writing this but I had a blowout on my second set of Michelin 16” LT load range E tires. They were only a year old.We were on our way back to Houston Tx a week ago from a long summer vacation loop through the southwest d...
Tireman9,In my hurry to make it to the tire shop before they closed I failed to take any pictures of the tire. I wish now that I had. Basically, the only thing left intact was the beads. There was no tread remaining at all. There were pieces of n...
Looks like time for some updates.First I feel like a dummy. Of course I don't want to put sensors inside an all steel tire. The Faraday cage will attenuate the radio frequency from escaping the tire! Duh. (Thanks Chris, I should have snapped to th...
I changed out to LED taillights. Not just a bulb replacement, but a dedicated assembly like in the above post. It made a huge difference. When I added a receiver mounted basket/bike rack I also installed additional LED taillights on the basket. N...
Chris, thanks for the interesting pictures of the Bridgestone Duravis R250. That may well be the way I go. It also matches the recommendation from a small local tire retailer that I spoke with after my tire failure. He is located in the country in...
Thanks for the responses. Let’s add some clarification:I don’t know the specific tire failure mode. Was it a sudden blowout, or slow leak and the tire overheated, who knows? Like I said, I had no idea that I had a failed tire. I do not currently ...
