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Some critter ate through my tire!

I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this happen. My bike was parked on my back porch from about 4pm last Thursday til about 5:30 am Friday when I was getting ready to ride to work. There were three chunks eaten out of my rear tire. I think it was a sqirrel or chipmunk. I don't want to think of what other rodent it might have been. The marks are similar to the ones we see the sqirrels make on pumpkins every Hallowe'en. Last year $400 worth of wiring was munched out of a wire harness in my car.

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Permalink Reply by JFred4 on October 6, 2009 at 2:54pm
Mike,
If you need a guard dog, my black lab will be happy to assist. She HATES squirrels. Her passion in life.

J
Permalink Reply by Primitive Don on October 6, 2009 at 3:09pm
DAYAM!
Permalink Reply by dan brown on October 6, 2009 at 3:39pm
a squirrell built a nest on my car engine once and destroyed the harness also.
supposedly - it feels good on their teeth.l I think it's a seasonal / nesting thing.
this sucks !!!

what repels them ?
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on October 6, 2009 at 4:09pm
BB guns

daniel brown said:
a squirrell built a nest on my car engine once and destroyed the harness also.
supposedly - it feels good on their teeth.l I think it's a seasonal / nesting thing.
this sucks !!!

what repels them ?
Permalink Reply by Kevin C Dormant on October 6, 2009 at 4:20pm
Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on October 6, 2009 at 6:27pm
Permalink Reply by Tank-Ridin' Ryan on October 6, 2009 at 6:54pm
Oh, if only it were a road tire - 100PSI+ of rubber deliciousness.

I take it the tube has a nice gash in it too.
Permalink Reply by Michael M on October 6, 2009 at 7:15pm

I had a heavy duty tire liner which was only chewed up in one of the holes. The tube had a single puncture in that hole. My theory is that after a puff of stale air (about 60psi) it didn't want to gnaw on the tube. You're right, though, 100+psi would have been fun to watch.
Tank-Ridin' Ryan said:
Oh, if only it were a road tire - 100PSI+ of rubber deliciousness.

I take it the tube has a nice gash in it too.

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