Originally Posted by
HardyWeinberg
Had you been braking steadily and constantly or did it just get hot from spinning rapidly unbraked for a long time? I don't really understand the OPs question I guess.
Yeah, I was using constant light braking on the rear to control speed for about 2 miles - textbook wrong thing to do; tire blew off the rim and tube exploded. Having learned my lesson, I now visualize every time I let off the brake, I'm
adding cool to the rims.
I don't think the pressure increase from temperature is the only thing that makes the tire blow-out, all that heat makes everything react differently.