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@corbleu
Snap! I hear ya......hmmm maybe not as well as I used to.
I recently built some wheels with old Alesa rims, and they really don't like anything upward from 100psi, the tubes forced the tyres off and exploded on 3 seperate occasions, once while pumping them up, once right in my face as I held the wheel up and span it to check for trueness, really fucking close, it seemed to happen in slow motion an I was disorientated for half an hour. Finally it exploded on a lazy, sunny, Sunday afternoon in Russell Square and that shitted people right up. I proceded to spend about half an hour ensureing the tyres were seated correctly.
I'm now a highly nervous pumper. ha.