Originally Posted by
thermador
This ^^^
Makes total sense. You are using a 2" wide tire on a rim that is less than 1" wide (or 1.1" for your old wheels). Overinflation is also common given all the gear people carry touring. Time for wider rims or skinnier tires.
I'll pass this along to Velocity and see what they have to say. When they originally sent our replacement Chukkers I did confirm with them they'd be able to run our 2.00 x Marathon XRs and they said it wouldn't be an issue.