Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > Hank writes: >> Wire-bead Paselas are famous for blowing off the rim. Avoid them. Get >> the folders. The folders are fantastic tires. The wire-bead ones are >> not. > > I started using wire-bead Paselas last year on my 26"-wheeled roadie. > I DID get a snakebite flat when I rolled too hard off my driveway at a > right angle; but I've never had a tire blow off my rim. > > (Of course, I never inflate my tires to full pressure anyway. My non- > scientific method: inflate the tire until you can just barely indent > the sidewall when you squeeze between your thumb and finger. For very > rough conditions I let a little more air out. Jan Heine would shudder, > but in thirty years of serious riding I have almost never used a > gauge. It's all done by feel and so far it works.)
All tires, not just wire bead Paselas, are famous for blowing off rims when they are installed with a big of tube caught under the bead. And that's just about the ONLY way you're going to see a tire blow off the rim, at least in my experience. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
