Tire slice, do I keep or replace?
 

I was going over my wheels for any damage, I try and do this weekly. I noticed on my front tire (Michellin Krylion-Carbons FWIW) that there was a slice. As I inspected it I noticed that the slice although only about a quarter inch in length and a finger nails thickness in width did infact go all the way down to the weaving (not sure what thats called).
These tires have about a 1000 miles on them ridden on rough roads. They've been great and haven't flated once, but I do run them at 115ish PSI and am curious, since the cut goes down to the weaving do I need to throw this tire out and get a new one?

Also, how do I tell when I need to replace the tires from general wear, theres no real tread to go by, how do you guys judge?

Thanks

I would dump it. I replace tires when they start flat spotting.

My back tire has some burns from sliding on it when having to do quick stops and my front tire has some extremely light cracking in the rubber. So you think I should dump the front one? I'll probably just replace it with the same type of tires, these seemed to work well; I have no real complaints.

If it's just cracking in the rubber, it's fine.

but could this tire blow out because its core is slightly exposed

ye......

Ok so I SHOULD trash the front one and replace it. Damn, bummer I was hoping to get 2k out of these, it's such a small little slice too. So this is just the luck of a draw with these bikes?

yeeeee......... it 'could' happen does not mean it will......

replace when you are ready....

I might just rotate the tires, i'd rather have a blow out on the rear tire than the front. Any of you guys rotate your tires so they'll wear more evenly, like on a car? My rear one is going way faster than my front.

I can afford to replace it, it's more a question of does this greatly increase the chance of a blowout and is it worth it to replace it. I really don't wnat a blow out when i'm going 40 mph down hill ya know.

This has come up before when someone mentioned rotation - Sheldon's advice:
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tire-rotation.html

if the hole goes through the tire, there is always a chance that, under duress of high pressure inflation, the tube may "peek out" and be unhappily exposed to puncture. anytime i encounter a full hole/tear/slice i replace.

if you're so paranoid of it blowing out from a mere nick then send it to me.
I've got a repaired sidewall on my front tyre, doesn't concern me one bit.
just fill it in with krazy glue.

crazy glue idea sounds good to me. I might throw it on the back sheldon says its better to flat in the rear.

Some people, when replacing a rear tire, take their older front, move it to the back, and then put the new one on the front. Personally I don't find it worth the bother.


It would be a bad idea to actually rotate tires (i.e. moving a used rear tire to the front.)

What's funny is that your thread "tire slice" was located RIGHT BELOW the thread that said "You're at the top of a descent, what do you do?"
Well first, I wonder what shape my tires are in.

Though some are less paranoid, if I can see threads from the outside, it gets relegated to the trainer.

I take no responsibility for any blowout you may have when you're actually going down a hill at 40 mph, but under normal circumstances, I would just put the cut tire on the rear. I mean, if it's not clear through the casing and the tube isn't bulging out, it shouldn't be a problem. You won't really be getting your money's worth from a Krylion at only 1000 miles.

I think I'm just going to throw it onto the rear, it's not to the tube just that weaving thats below the rubber, does anyone know what part of the tire thats called? When or if it blows I'll then just throw the front back on the rear and put a new tire on the front and i'll be all bueno, I don't mind tooling on my bike FWIW, so it's not exactly wasted time.