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Old 10-24-08 | 12:52 PM
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While the bead-seat diameter may be only 4mm difference, the height of the sidewalls on a clincher rim prevents you from stretching a tubular tyre enough to install. You'd have to stretch it enough to increase diameter by like 10mm, not gonna happen without damaging the tyre.
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