hair of the dog.

[cat6]

a lonely friday night last month i dedicated some time to patching old tubes, one of which was a slow leak on a bike i'd been actively riding/refilling, etc.

the culprit was undetectable until i filled a sink with water and rolled the tube through. honing in on the stream of bubbles led me to a piece of hair, from my dog.

i've had hair splinters before so the concept of a piece of hair piercing/embedding isn't foreign to me, but having a piece of dog hair cause a flat was unexpected.

i now change my tubes in a dedicated clean room at a local facility to prevent any contaminants.
http://cnx.org/content/m14503/latest/Graphic4.jpg


any other strange stories of flat tires?

[morty]

No unusual flat stories to tell, just chiming in that hair splinters are the worst. And, you must have one coarse-haired dog!

[lonoeightysix]

That's not a dog, that's a porcupine.

[Louis]

Check embedded in a wooden pole after a tornado. Story at NOAA web site (http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bis/?n=elgin_reporter_story)

http://gra.midco.net/pcmiller/Elgin/NWS-Elgin_check-001.jpg

http://gra.midco.net/pcmiller/Elgin/1024-Elgin_check_002.jpg

[Don49]

I think we need a picture of your dog before commenting further.

[cat6]

i managed to upload a video of the troubleshooting process to photobucket, click the picture to get there (won't allow me to embed).

http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u141/lukerulz/dogz/3c9b979a-0372-4b89-905e-771dadc5963a_zpse59bae0a.jpg (http://i167.photobucket.com/albums/u141/lukerulz/dogz/doghair_zpsaaaa6319.mp4)

[beeatnik]

TOTD

and

Thread Title of the Day

[morty]

Love your bullies :)

[martinez]

i thought this was gonna be about beer. :confused:

[soulspinner]

Once in a lifetime, buy a lottery ticket.............:rolleyes:

[laupsi]

I thought this was a thread about hangovers!

[SpokeValley]

This is an amazing thread. Never heard of a dog hair doing that.

Thanks for sharing!