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Can't comment on carbons and heat transfer :)
Alu 26" rims though.
Never heard of anyone shedding a tyre, although mountain bikes on tarmac so a bit slower than a 700c on slicks.
Usual format was heat build up in the rear rim, heat transfer from rim to inner tube, inner melts, tyre deflates.
Always seemed to be rear wheels.
Last one i saw many many years ago, coming down Dunkery Beacon in somerset (not far from Porlock Hill)
At first there was the smell. (The village of Porlock smells of clutch and hot brakes and coffee)
We warned the rider he was over heating.
He ignored us.
We dropped back to wait excitedly for something to happen.
Smell got worse,#Gentle pop, rider wobbled to a halt.
Quite boring.
v-brake pads had melted, as had the inner tube. Tyre stayed on, we waited several minutes before changing the tube.
The smell though, that's the big give-away something is going to happen, sort of hot rubber burning brake smell.