Originally Posted by
Trakhak
It's rare, but it can happen. Fabio Jakobsen crashed earlier this year after his front tire, plus a foam insert that was inside the tire, blew off the rim. The wheels had what the manufacturer describes as mini-hooks or something like that.
No one was going to reseat a tire on that rim regardless. He hit a large rock which destroyed the wheel and tire flange causing the blowout.