Thread: First flat: is this normal?
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Old 09-19-16 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by fietsbob
I suspect an installation error problem. tube pushed the tire off the rim. a Blow Off.
This. The tire came off the rim bead and the tube came out through the crack. I had one of those a week ago on a bike that I'd just pumped up from being pretty soft; I suspect the tire shifted while I was pumping.
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