I've blown front tires on steep descents, due to over-heated rims (scary crashes). But never a rim itself. I agree with Grant, it's most likely your rim was compromised by a stress riser in the form of some grit on your brake pad. That, or the seam on the rim was defective in the first place.
- Andrew, Berkeley On Dec 4, 2011, at 6:35 PM, Ray wrote: > Could this failure resulted from the long braking over-heating the rim > and the pressure blowing it out? Seems strange, but, can that happen? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
