Unfortunately not the case. You can see the wonky rubber application in this pic better.
I was thinking it wasn't seated correctly until you posted this pic (the one of the wheel laid down flat).
That's just shoddy manufacturing.
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Unfortunately not the case. You can see the wonky rubber application in this pic better.