Originally Posted by
Oneder
I say that because that's nearly what happened just yesterday to my friend who was riding one of my spare bikes. We were going down a hill and the loose beads came free when it got a flat in the front tire and kept getting stuck in the brakes and she was all over the place and could not steer or stop. We were in the road because of work done on the sidewalk and bike lane and were just lucky no cars were coming in the other lane because she was all over the place. You can use whatever you want but I won't use garbage like that ever again.
That’s operator error. Perhaps you should have briefed her on what to do if a flat occurs. It takes quite a lot of travel on a entirely flat tire in my experience for it to come off the bead. Most people are going to be stopped before that occurs.