Hi guys, I'm relatively new to the world of gravelcycling, so please excuse the noob question!
I'm going to do my first gravel race in a few weeks but I recently caught some broken glass which cut the tire and tube. The cut looked small but looking at it again I think it either got bigger or my memory deceives me lol. So my question, would you take the tire to the race or swap them out beforehand?
Thanks!
by Hungry_Obligation_89
11 Comments
No
It’s toast
It is dead, Jim.
Another victim of the G-One RS
Are you really asking the internet? Make the decision yourself. it’s not as if you’re risking life or limb
Ride what? I don’t see anything
no
If it was a clean round hole I would have poked through and then patched from the inside. This is likely to get worse and then fail catastrophically because you would lose all air instantly.
I wouldn’t race this.
I had the same tire. And a sort of similar cut. I patched it from the inside and was lazy replacing it. Managed to do a race and couple of 100s besides daily riding from and to work. With my tire the wires were cut. So I feel you can still go quite far with that tire too. Just add a good tire boot. Mark the tire and check if the tire doesn’t tear. But also replace the tire so you don’t have to constantly worry.
I only replaced it after it started leaking air from another area.
It’s dead, Dave. It’s all dead. Dave, it’s all dead.
yeah, to the next bike shop.