Posted by David Sherman [24.32.202.83] on Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 00:00:55 :
In Reply to: Split rings posted by Nick [64.13.117.14] on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 23:21:25 :
It's not the spring in the rings themselves that holds them in place. It's the air pressure in the tire pushing the bead against them that holds them. You're thinking of them like piston rings, but it's a whole different principle.
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