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Old 03-04-15 | 07:08 PM
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FBinNY
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Bikes: too many bikes from 1967 10s (5x2)Frejus to a Sumitomo Ti/Chorus aluminum 10s (10x2), plus one non-susp mtn bike I use as my commuter

Steel wire beads are made of very soft, ductile steel or, these days multi-strand steel similar to a brake cable. Soft bends will straighten when pressure presses them against the rim. Sharper bends may resist and not straighten completely, but NOTHING stops you from pinching between your two hands and bending them back to straight.

The bends on the beads of these tires are nothing to get worked up over, just something to be dealt with --- easily.
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