thered on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
I've had one 2.2 650b Trail King fail in the exact same way OP, I think another has also just gone, I run them as rear tyres so they've been run at 35psi.
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We've got a Mtn King here that's done the same thing. I can't stand them personally, much prefer the Bontrager XR2's, Schwalbe Smart Sams and Maxxis Crossmax's I have here instead (for those who tell...
View Articlethered on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Update, the 2nd tyre has definitely failed in the same way as the 1st. It wouldn't seal tubeless and when I stripped it off the rim there is feathering along the bead that's preventing a seal no matter...
View Articleslowbloke on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
It's a fair few years since I've used a conti tyre but my last set of verticals failed at the bead whilst the bike was in my van. Tyre held to bead by just a few threads. Mind you, as I say this was a...
View ArticleOnzadog on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
In the last 4 months, I've had one fail at the bead and two split a sidewall. In that time, none of the people I ride with on that terrain at those speeds have damaged the other brands they use. Before...
View Articlevotchy on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Had 3 ust black chili rubber queens 'distort' ie looked like wheel was buckled but the carcass had changed shape, first replaced under warranty, then the 2nd replaced under warranty and 3rd was refund,...
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Mine has now gone back under warranty.
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For "inspection" or to be replaced?
View Articlehonourablegeorge on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Continental, in my experience, have crap sidewalls that often deform, and are porous and generally hopeless for tubeless.It's a shame, becasue there's a lot to like about their tyres, but they need to...
View Articlemountainman on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Mountain kings 2.2 ,with tubes here and split at bead too ,but they are 3 years old now,bead broken when i had spectacular flat as a large blackthorn spine ripped into the rear tyre as i came out of a...
View ArticlePimpmaster Jazz on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Fairly new Continental Trail King 2.2 black chilli/protection etc.2.4 MK2 here.
View Articlejonny m on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Echo some of the comments about Conti tyres. Long time fan here but had a side wall tear recently and just not happy with their durability in general, knobs being ripped off etc, on their "protection"...
View Articlefasthaggis on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
I don't use Contis any more after a run of them coming away from their beads,this is on both Race Kings,GP and Gatorskin road tyres.Maybe I was unlucky and some batches had paper thin side walls, but I...
View Articlechiefgrooveguru on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Thats low and will be the issue IMO - with pressures that low the tyre carcass is flexing hugely - look at how squished it will be with your weight on it. sidewall all crumpled. anything below 30 - 35...
View Articleshredder on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Replaced without question under warranty new tyre on the way.
View Articlefatmax on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Happened on my road bike this summer, a GP4000S bead splintered leading to an exploding tyre. Now on Vittoria tyres on the road bike.
View Articleredjon on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
I had exactly that happen today, thought I just have shredded it on a sharp rock but it failed, about 80-100 mm in length, like someone had taken a grinder to the tyre......
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shredder on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Looked like this. [img]09-P1110476 by Richard Lockwood, on Flickr[/img]
View Articleunsponsored on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Trail Kings. 5-6mm slit at bead. Looks just like the image about.Used rubber queens for years without issue. Now on Der Barons.
View Articlefifeandy on "Anybody had a Conti MTB tyre fail at the bead ?"
Looking at image above i'd say it looks like bad combo of rim/pressure and the tyre is rotating on the rim under heavy braking leading to the rim acting like a saw on the tyre.
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