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As for other brands of hookless clinchers, many thousands of such rims came on Fujis and the like fitted from the factory with 100psi skin-side tires that easily took that pressure and more!
It was only when rims were carelessly sized for their diameter that a quality wire-bead clincher could blow off. Mostly a quality-control problem from what I have seen.
I have no qualms with these old, cheap, single-walled clincher rims with Schraeder valve holes as long as 1): the rim diameter is consistently correct and 2): the welded rim joint is smooth and consistent enough to prevent thumping under braking.
Unfortunately, neither can quite be taken for granted on certain models of rims, particularly OEM-spec rims where cost cutting was done to meet price constraints and thus attract large orders.