I'd like to hear of your personal (or even 2nd hand) experience with this phenomena... the sudden explosion of clincher tire. On another forum many people are claiming that latex tubes are the prime culprit, but I know I've heard of people having this happen with butyl tubes also. Usually but not always, braking and cornering on a long descent is where this happens. Frankly I don't think there is any way the tube could be at fault, but I'd like to hear of your experiences and thoughts... because this is scary stuff and I'd like to prevent this from happening to people (including me!) if possible.

Tire, rim, and tube used?
Did you specifically check all around the bead to make sure the tube wasn't pinched when installed?
Where and when did it explode?
What did the tire and tube look like afterward?
What do you think caused it?

Thanks!

It's never happened to me while riding. Happened to me once when I carelessly crammed a butyl tube into a cheap IRC tire on a Kinlin rim. I didn't check to see if it was pinched. It exploded a couple minutes after I pumped it up. The tube had a long rip, and the bead on the tire was even messed up and blown off the rim. Not sure if I pinched the tube, or the tire bead was faulty to start with.