Originally Posted by
roccobike
One of the BF member regulars on C&V had a blowout due to a kevlar tire coming off the buldge bead. It might have been Cuda2K, but I'm not sure.
If this was the wire-bead 27" IRC Roadwinners on Cuda2K's Schwinn Passage (Araya rims, if I recall correctly), it was due to a bend in the wire bead.
He traded me those tires when I inquired about them, and the offending tire of the two did pop off my hooked-bead Mavics. I found the spot where the wire was kinked, bent it straight again, problem went away.
-Kurt