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Old 12-27-09 | 07:57 PM
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The tyre does something to contain the pressure, and translates it to what I bet is mostly lateral force from the beads, so the rim only experiences spreading of the braking surfaces and radial compression from tyre pressure.

The beads prevent radial expansion, and if they didn't, the tyre would blow off.
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