I had a tire blow-out on me when I first started riding; and I didn't have a boot or a spare tire- so I had to make it work for a week or so until I could get a new tire from Amazon- so I glued a tube patch on the inside; and filled the outside of the gash with silicone caulk....and rode it another 400 miles- and it was still fine- but at that point, I had the new tire, so just decided to put it on, so I wouldn't have to deal with it if it decided to give me trouble miles from home in the middle of nowhere. But I really wanted to ride it, to see just how many miles I could get out of it!