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Old 06-20-10 | 09:12 PM
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From: A Coffin Called Earth. or Toronto, ON

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Originally Posted by lemak
i did this already, but how safe and how long will these last with this? my concern is will the tire continue to tear apart? i dont want to be on a descent and have these things fail on me!!!
the fabric, as long as you choose something strong like tyvex or denim or kevlar, will never wear out before the tire.
the tire won't just spontaneously rip apart on you either, because they have a strong fabric to hold the rubber together.

I think you'd have to pull something like 1.5G laterally before you tear apart tires.
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