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@5awyr
I did it the other week with a new tyre that wouldn't seat right.
Could see the bulge growing out of the gap between rim and bead and then just exploded in my face.**
Had a tube go while trying to pump up a tyre in the garage too - I'd somehow managed to fold the tube over in the tyre, enough for it to explode. Breezeblock garages don't half cause an echo.
**There is a less dodgy way to word this, I'm sure.