Road Cycling - Cut on Tire

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ifgiles
08-22-04, 02:58 PM
I just finished a 30 mile ride and noticed a cut about 3/8ths of an inch long on the center part of my back tire. It did not go all the way through to the tube. Should I replace the tire?

LordOpie
08-22-04, 03:02 PM
no, just carry duct tape :)
Zin
08-22-04, 03:34 PM
I would replace it. I don't like having to walk my bike back home because I was cheap and didn't replace a damaged tire. :D

It may run for a long time, but why take that chance. Perhaps you could use it on an indoor trainer.

michael_tn
08-22-04, 03:38 PM
i'd replace it too. i'd hate to be cruising down the hill at 35mph and have it give way: that'd ruin my ride :-|

michael
Retro Grouch
08-22-04, 04:42 PM
My test is to pump up the tire and check the cut. If I can feel a bump or if the tire makes kind of a "Z" shape, one or more of the tire cords have been cut and I replace it. If the area around the cut feels the same as the rest of the tire, it's just a surface cut and I ride on.
ed073
08-22-04, 04:47 PM
See my post in this thread

http://www.cyclingforums.com/t164100.html
Bockman
08-22-04, 05:30 PM
Ditto the advice above, except I'd run a strip of duct tape behind the cut, just to be safe.
Steelrider
08-24-04, 11:49 PM
Replace it. Cheap insurance - upside is marginal, downside is really low. Don't know if your tire is kevlar reinforced, but think of the pressure exerted from the inside out...blowout on a fast downhill would be ugly.