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redpoint5 · 07-03-2017, 05:47 PM

Tire probably would have let loose sooner had you not filled to sidewall maximum. The tire has to flex more when it has lower pressure, and tread separation doesn't happen from air pressure blowing it off, but rather tire deformation.

07-03-2017, 05:47 PM	#3 (permalink)
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