Fucked? Drill fell off toolbox. Shanked tire. Can’t afford a replacement and the shop I got it from is an hour and a half away. Suggestions?
by Interesting-Youth-87
Fucked? Drill fell off toolbox. Shanked tire. Can’t afford a replacement and the shop I got it from is an hour and a half away. Suggestions?
by Interesting-Youth-87
2 Comments
If you can’t replace it, then here’s what I’d do.
1. If it’s a front tire, move it to the rear.
2. Install a tire boot. If you don’t have one, make one with something that mimicks tough thin cloth…like a Tyvek fed ex envelope. Dollar bills work short term but will eventually disintegrate after weeks/months.
3. Make 100 percent sure you know the correct (not the max) air pressure for the tire based on weight of you+bike, and do not exceed this.
4. Only ride at speeds and in conditions where the tire blowing out would be only an inconvenience.
Depending on how far that cut got through the casing of your tire, and your riding conditions, the above fix may or may not last for very long.
Unfortunately, you need a new tire. If you’re out on a trail or road, you can use a boot on the inside. But it’s the side wall and that’s the structure of the tire. It’s no longer trustworthy to fix. You can have catastrophic failure once the sidewalls are damaged this bad.