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Ok, so I have child carrier converted to a light cargo trailer (just tools enough to work on most things on a bike + electric components of an E-Bike) of undetermined brand (seems to be better than the bell's you get from department stores, and has until lately hauled bikes & tools with out trouble) that appears to have some weird defect of the rim.
(I will take pics tomorrow, my digi cam is charging)
Here is a stock online pic of the style of wheel:
These are the typical 16" plastic mag wheels (converting to some skyway 20" UT Tough Wheels in the near future) but the WEIRD part is just today, having parked in front of the shop for work, the tire just exploded with maybe 20lbs of tools on it!
It has been very hot lately, (90 - 100F) so I am sure that factors into it, but with 110 PSI Maxxis Hookworms with pressure lowered to 50 PSI as an experiment (usually I was running around 70 PSI to give room for increases due to heat) this seems to have made little difference.
I have just given up on this wheel and replaced it, there are no sharp edges or any other obvious defects, other than some white stress marks (no cracks) inside the black plastic rim (not on the bead area just where "rim tape" would go if these were spoked) and at first I thought perhaps I was having the tires shift on the rim and pinching the tube, but it's a down right burst pattern on the tube, and not in the same place on the rim (this has happened 3x in the last couple of weeks, mostly while going down the road, but the one while parked in front of the shop just takes the cake! :lol: )
So my question to you who uses similar trailers with light loads (around 100 - 150lbs max) every day doing work or commuting duties, what wheels and tires are you using?
I am currently using 16" Maxis Hookworms.
Thanks!
Dayn
(I will take pics tomorrow, my digi cam is charging)
Here is a stock online pic of the style of wheel:
These are the typical 16" plastic mag wheels (converting to some skyway 20" UT Tough Wheels in the near future) but the WEIRD part is just today, having parked in front of the shop for work, the tire just exploded with maybe 20lbs of tools on it!
It has been very hot lately, (90 - 100F) so I am sure that factors into it, but with 110 PSI Maxxis Hookworms with pressure lowered to 50 PSI as an experiment (usually I was running around 70 PSI to give room for increases due to heat) this seems to have made little difference.
I have just given up on this wheel and replaced it, there are no sharp edges or any other obvious defects, other than some white stress marks (no cracks) inside the black plastic rim (not on the bead area just where "rim tape" would go if these were spoked) and at first I thought perhaps I was having the tires shift on the rim and pinching the tube, but it's a down right burst pattern on the tube, and not in the same place on the rim (this has happened 3x in the last couple of weeks, mostly while going down the road, but the one while parked in front of the shop just takes the cake! :lol: )
So my question to you who uses similar trailers with light loads (around 100 - 150lbs max) every day doing work or commuting duties, what wheels and tires are you using?
I am currently using 16" Maxis Hookworms.
Thanks!
Dayn