Thread: Tire Help
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Old 10-19-17 | 04:27 PM
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cny-bikeman
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Originally Posted by alcjphil
It looks to me in that picture as if the tire bead separated itself from the tire carcass. In that case you will need a new tire and inner tube
Yes, I thought it looked a bit odd, should have looked more closely. It does appear the wire bead may have come out of the tire casing, which means the tire must be replaced. There's no need to replace the tube if it did not go flat.
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