Originally Posted by
Dunbar
This happened in the middle of the night (while sleeping) and startled the hell out of me. 700x28 Gatorskin with less than 200 miles on it failed at the wire bead. Gatorskins are a serious PITA to install so I wonder if my man-handling of the tire wasn't partially to blame.
New tire? A lot of people have brake pads that just sneak over the rim and contact the tire... and this eventually causes a casing failure in that spot.