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Old 01-05-21, 01:55 AM
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Originally Posted by msu2001la
In relation to the original topic, I have read stories of car exhaust melting carbon wheels. This can be a concern with bikes carried on hitch-mounted racks that place the wheels very close to the exhaust pipe(s).
https://www.bicycling.com/repair/a29...carbon-wheels/

Exhaust is like 300-500F, so not exactly ambient air temps.
I've done this before. The tire blistered and blew. The tire is more likely to fail than the rim (though I had alloy rims when I did this).
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