Why the need to emphasize though? It just seems like an odd point of emphasis but yes had you brought that into the shop we would have recommended a new tire, I think anyone who sees that tire and says you are good to keep riding on it especially as a skinnier high pressure tire at the front would be doing you a bit of a disservice. Yes certainly you can boot it and potentially get by for a bit, sure it is not as bad as some tires we have all seen but it is not good.