on 12/4/08 7:30 AM, Bill Connell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 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.
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