Gunshot tube explosion
12-14-06, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by barba
I don't know where the blow off point is for tires (I don't care to try), but the OP was 5-20psi over max. There is no way lawyers would let the stated max be so close to the failure number. That really should not be sufficient to blow a tire assuming his pressure gauge is reasonably accurate.
Yea you would think that's the case, which is why we tried in the shop. It's just not that high.
12-15-06, 12:14 PM
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I would bet that when installed some small part of the tube was caught between the tire and the rim. This is the most common cause of mystery blowouts, and the fact that it was done in a bike shop and was repeated does not surprise me.
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