An Inconvenient Leak

I was putting air into my bicycle tires the other day just to make sure I’d have a nice smooth ride when I hopped on. Eventually one of the tires became overinflated (or at least that’s what I assume happened since the tube inside sprung a fast leak in the midst of me pumping air into it.) Most of the air escaped the tire within seconds.

Did that signal to me the tube was pretty much useless in its current state? Yes.