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Old 07-16-25 | 07:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Polaris OBark
I'm reading the article now. I have those same Vittoria tires, set up with tubes, and one blew off my aluminum hooked box rim at 80 psi. Tires can be part of the problem (and in my case, it might have been user error). Fortunately, it was just sitting in the garage.
Dollars to donuts, the tire wasn’t seated correctly. Likely the tube was under the bead. Did the tube end up with a nice rip in it?
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