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@phasergunalex
To be honest, they're more of a problem when using brakes; with a lot of heavy braking, it's possible for the plastic rim tape to start to slip round the wheel, pulling the tyre and tube with it. I stopped using them years ago, after once having my inner tube valve ripped off at the bottom of a big descent, where i'd been using the brakes lots.