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Old 09-24-19, 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by conspiratemus1
...which is exactly when the little flap of rubber so created gets trapped under the last 5 cm of bead I just snapped on...

Could be that you let just a bit too much air out of the tube before prying on the last section of the bead(?).

I usually count on the tube having some shape to it to prevent the tube from getting trapped, even with tubes that are rated larger than the tire size.
I find that it can be difficult to dislodge a trapped tube, so I slap the deflated tire a few times away from the side with the trapped bead, which usually moves the tube back in.
I think it's partly due to the shape that tubes come out of the box that leads a deflated tube to migrate to the wrong places.
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