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Originally Posted by Mark McM
The name "Open Tubular" is a rather nebulus description, as they are clearly clincher tires, and there are no common manufacturing methods used on "Open Tubulars" that are also used on all true tubulars. Enve specifies that the tires it is referring to are made with natural fiber casings (cotton or silk). Therefore, that includes other clincher tires such as Specialize Turbo Cotton, which are not called "Open Tubulars".
This part of the statement from Enve's announcement might be misworded:
Given that natural fiber casing tires appear to be safe to use on other wheels (including those with carbon rims), maybe it should instead say, "we confirmed that ENVE carbon rims are not fit for use with tires using natural sidewall materials with an open tubular type construction."
If Enve rims are dangerous to use with some tires that otherwise meet international safety standards, perhaps a recall of Enve rims should be considered.
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Unless I'm misreading the press release, they observed similar failures with other manufacturer's rims and the same "open tubular" tires?