On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 9:13 AM, Mojo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I blew my first wire-bead Pasella off a MA-2 rim...twice. The first > time I heard a boom from the garage, and found a slime mess all over > the back of my LHT. I mentally kicked myself for a sloppy mount job, > cleaned it up and remounted carefully checking around both beads that > the tube was interior. Later that night...BOOM! That was earlier this > year. Gnashbar replaced the tire for me, but I won't buy wire-bead > Paselas again. > > In case you question my methodology, I have been mounting clinchers > since the early 70s with only one other blowout (that I can remember, > hey early onset of A at 52!), a folding RuffyTuffy that I put on in > haste not checking bead seat.
I've used both wire- and kevlar-beaded Paselas for the last 5-6 years and never had one blow off the rim. I wonder if there was just a bad batch of them or something. It wouldn't take much, a little out of tolerance can make a big difference in fit, especially if the rim is also a hair small. I have a set of Nashbar-branded 26" slicks that are so tight (on Ritchey rims that have had a dozen or more different tires on them w/ no problem) that they took a good part of the afternoon to get mounted, and days before the beads came out reasonably even. I changed them for knobbies last year, and i'll never mount those tires on my wheels again. I've considered donating them, but i'd hate to just pass on the misery to someone else. -- Bill Connell St. Paul, MN --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
