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).