I was just worried about the safety of a carbon clincher
It was only ever an issue at high temperatures generated by sustained heavy braking, not something you're likely to experience on your TT bike.
Lol, I melted the epoxy between the metal rim and carbon of a hed3 a couple of years ago in a (mega hilly) TT....
danb: too chunky to carbon
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It was only ever an issue at high temperatures generated by sustained heavy braking, not something you're likely to experience on your TT bike.