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Old 12-13-08, 09:14 PM
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Old 12-13-08, 09:28 PM
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Well, they seemed to handle it pretty well until the tire shredded itself into oblivion.
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Old 12-13-08, 11:38 PM
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Looks like the wheel disintegrated! Yeah they did a nice job of not eating **** immediately, terrifying!

I don't trust that fancy-shmancy carbon fiber stuff...
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I don't think that fancy-schmancy carbon fiber stuff had anything to do with the tire blowing.
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