This is the rear wheel of an old bike with Schwalbe marathon plus tyres. With the roads getting slippery I'm wondering if this is safe enough if I switch over from ones with less grip?
by dazjjjh
This is the rear wheel of an old bike with Schwalbe marathon plus tyres. With the roads getting slippery I'm wondering if this is safe enough if I switch over from ones with less grip?
by dazjjjh
14 Comments
That’s pretty dead. Someone skidded that to death.
Tire’s dead you’ve gone down to the casing.
What did you *do* to that poor tire?! It looks as if the bike fell down from the car mount and dragged along the pavement for a mile or two.
if you have to ask I think you know the answer, there’s no reason to suffer just get a new tire!
That’s a spill waiting to happen
See rule 4 of this subreddit. I’d change it out.
it’d be annoying to ride as you’d feel a bump each time it goes around. let alone being on borrowed time.
That tire is not good to use anymore. Exposed cords are a bad thing.
Replace ASAP
The different colored stuff in that patch is an anti puncture belt. It’s not the casing. The tire is dead. I’d trust it for another ride or to ride it to the bike shop to get another tire.
Yikes, rough day.
Buy one tire and rotate the front to back.
Its usable on a garden cart, which is what I first thought I was looking at
Mechanic here, Currently we are at this level. Schwalbe Marathon plus, 5mm thick puncture belt(blue) with rubber casing below.
https://preview.redd.it/pqvhfvfj633e1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ba91b8b75f83abf28f8f83669697bd8d930741cf
If money is tight you can absolutely ride this for hundreds of km more. I know in a European shop the tire costs 42euro…. This is not dangerous. You can absolutely ride it lots more.