That smell...

[phil]

You know, when you let the air out of a tyre that's been inflated for a while...

...why does it always smell of tuna?

Phil

[James_Potter]

.... I've never noticed that before.

[beauster]

i have! i hate the smell of tuna

[hole-in-my-shoe]

This smell is given off by a compound coated on the inside of the inner tube. The odour is to give advance warning of punctures, in the same way that natural gas (odourless methane) has a nasty smell added to it to warn of gas leaks.

So you're riding along, you smell the tuna, you need to fix your tube. I thought everyone knew that.

[uni57]

Originally posted by phil

Wait 'till our former King of Tuna hears what you have to say about tuna!

Dave Lowell (uni57)

P.S. - I thought this was going to be another thread about bacon...

[uni57]

Originally posted by James_Potter
.... I've never noticed that before. That's because I don't sneak up behind you eating a tuna sandwich every time you let air out of your tire. He he. Phil actually thinks his tyre smells like tuna! Bwaaahaaaaahaaaa!

Dave Lowell (uni57)

[uni57]

Originally posted by hole-in-my-shoe
So you're riding along, you smell the tuna, you need to fix your tube. I thought everyone knew that. Duh. That's why I never ride in parks at lunch time. Too many false positives.

Dave Lowell (uni57)

[phil]

Originally posted by uni57
That's because I don't sneak up behind you eating a tuna sandwich every time you let air out of your tire. He he. Phil actually thinks his tyre smells like tuna! Bwaaahaaaaahaaaa!
Given I had my back to a window on the first floor, that's pretty impressive sneaking! It is a good job you are a force of good rather than evil, or who knows what would happen.

Just in case you have returned to your native soil you may want to jump back on a plane, as I've just remembered I need to do the tyre again because some muppet forgot to put any rim tape on. Tch... some people. You want something doing right, you've got to give it to somebody else!

Phil

[phil]

Originally posted by uni57
P.S. - I thought this was going to be another thread about bacon...
Now there's an idea... tyres that smell of bacon... :)

Actually scratch that, I'd be riding over thorns and broken glass all the time just to get punctures to fix...

Phil

[uni57]

Originally posted by phil
Now there's an idea... tyres that smell of bacon... :)Not sure what shape YOUR bacon comes in, but my bacon comes in long thin strips about an inch wide. Sounds like perfect rim tape.

Dave Lowell (uni57)