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Thanks - unclinching was a thesis on the consequence of the side rim collapsing from the lateral forces #freethetubes
Thanks - unclinching was a thesis on the consequence of the side rim collapsing from the lateral forces #freethetubes
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Thuekr
Broadly speaking, if you halve the tyre cross sectional diameter, you can double the pressure
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder_stress#Thin-walled_assumption
This probably breaks down when your tyre narrower than the rim, but it's close enough given the safety factors involved, as long as you don't mind explosions and death. Unhooking the tyre with lateral loads becomes less likely with higher pressure, as the tyre deforms less and the normal force between the tyre and the rim is higher, so there's more friction.