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Permalink Reply by Mike Schwab on November 20, 2015 at 6:11pm

Broken cord in the tire?

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Permalink Reply by David P. on November 20, 2015 at 9:06pm

Is the bulge at the bead or in the casing? I suspect you just don't have the bead seated at the valve.

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Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on November 21, 2015 at 3:25am

Hard to say without a photo. It would be certainly worth removing tire and tube and starting the process over. Mark the area of the bulge, place the tire on in a different position (rotate it relative to the valve location on the rim). If the bulge is in the same point on the tire I would say the tire is bad.

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Permalink Reply by Joe M on November 21, 2015 at 5:28am

Thanks to everyone's input.  I am relieved to report that the tire is not bad and that the problem was a defective tube.  Ready for winter riding!  

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Permalink Reply by Thomas Bruzan on November 21, 2015 at 8:00am

Great news. Those Marathons are expensive, but definitely worth the money.

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Permalink Reply by Joe M on November 21, 2015 at 8:27am

They were the bomb last year.  It was like a Bing Crosby movie gliding silently down the icy Prairie Path with snow falling and the Luxos B cutting a beam through the blanket of darkness.  

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Permalink Reply by Doug Haynes on November 22, 2015 at 1:45pm

A bad tube cannot cause the tire to bulge, you did not have the bead seated.

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