Popped a bead... it finally happened

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Well, not a good thing, not a tragedy either. I finally popped a bead while playing on the trails.

Several comments...

1) Summit Point Raceways offroad trails are bead poppers. Steep downhills, deep ruts, slick mud so you really get moving fast dowhill, and then 90 degree turns at the bottom of the hill.

I would not suggest airing below 25 psi there. (I aired UP to 25 PSI from 18 and had no more problems.)

2) "Thank you God" for Hi-lift jacks. If you wheel without one, you will be hurting when you finally need to change a tire. The first time you use it, it will be paid for. There is no way the factory jack would have done the job where I had to stop. ($60, very well spent.)

3) The factory tools for changing the tire (lug wrench kit) are aces! I was very impressed.

4) After changing the to spare and getting back to staging... it was easy to clean the tire, air it up, and pop the tire back onto the bead.

5) Rogaine works. My bald spot is shrinking. Just noticed that for the first time in the tire change pictures. Sometimes God gives us encouragement through really strange channels.