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Old 07-10-18 | 09:03 PM
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Joe Remi
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Originally Posted by kidshibuya
yeah no. A snake bite is referring to a puncher caused by the rim crushing the tube against the ground due to too low pressure. So to be accurate half a snake bite would be one side of the rim bottoming out and damaging the tube. For you to be correct he needs to be striking the rim at 80psi.
Oh FFS. I used a term to help the OP visualize that his tube might be pushing against a burr on the rim, causing the puncture. Do you have any other advice for this person, or are we just going to keep going round and round about stupid sh**? Make a decision.
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