Thread: Does my bicycle have hook beaded rims?
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Old 07-07-09, 08:56 PM
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Yes. You have hook bead rims. Compare a rim that takes tubular tires (they are glued to the rim).



I don't know what is causing the problem, but it isn't the rim shape. Maybe the tube is getting bunched up in the tire?
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