Was just inspecting my tires after some doomscrolling on this subreddit, found that I’ve caught a fair bit of battle scars on the sidewalls of my rear tire. It’s certainly not enough damage to warrant a new tire now (at least IMO), but if I catch a gnarly branch or sharp rock to this spot again I may be hosed and stranded in the middle of the trail. I suppose I’ll have to be extra mindful the rest of the season to wear down the remaining tread.
This brought some questions from me for the fat bikers community:
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Does anyone else experience this sort of wear on their rear tire?
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Is it even worth it to slap some gorilla tape on the inner side of this tire? This scrape would certainly ruin a tubeless setup, but since I’m not doing so my only concern is this spot or another bad one catching a sharp rock at the wrong time. If it did, I imagine the tape would do jack shit to stop my side wall from letting the tube bulge out.
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Does anyone know why did Surly stop producing a 26 x 3.8 Knard? I have been a fan of this tread pattern, but I’m not so tied to it that I would choose to downgrade to 26 x 3.0 (if it would even fit this rim, doubtful I’m sure). I’ll pick up a Nate and swap the front tire to the back wheel, my hope is that the current rear lasts at least through the end of this year.
by ptreedagreat
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I bet you can patch that to prevent it from blowing up, or at least rubber cement
I had luck with bacon on the side wall
Are you running low psi? I had this happen on my karate monkey and I was running really low psi to soften up the full rigid action.
That’s common on fat bike tire. I bet you still got your money out of that tire.