Found a little slit on my fairly new road GP5ks STR. Should I still ride them or change it?
Running my finger over it and looking at it closely, it feels cosmetic.
by AdHot552
Found a little slit on my fairly new road GP5ks STR. Should I still ride them or change it?
Running my finger over it and looking at it closely, it feels cosmetic.
by AdHot552
12 Comments
I’d pull the tire and see how deep it is by flexing the tire open. If it’s just in the very surface, I’d ride it. If it gets down to the threads, I’d replace.
yes. it’s fine. tires get cuts in them all the time.
unless it’s on the sidewall or it is bulging out, it’s fine.
some people are weirdos and replace tires like this for aesthetic reasons, but all they are doing is wasting a perfectly good tire. i also know people who replace their entire bike because of a scratch or two.
+1 to c0nsumer’s recommendation.
But… I’ll add – if it looks passable, move that tire to the rear. Even if it’s safe for now you are at a much higher risk for a blow out, even just by virtue of the slash being a large target, a chink in the armor.
Point is- a blowout on the rear tire is way easy to keep control of than a front tire blowout…. Ask me how I know.
But if you don’t have good health insurance, just replace the tire…. It’s less expensive than medical care…. Assuming you’re in the US
Yeah unless it’s through the canvass your ok to ride it
I’d ride it but would try to patch it up a lil
From the inside or use some superglue to glue it shut.
Off topic: what frame is that grey one? SL8?
Seems ok but you can remove it and put a good large patch inside just for protecting the tube from bulging out if one in a thousand happen.
id put large patch underneath, esp if the slash dont cut the sidewall too
I agree with u/ejump0 Put a patch underneath just for peace of mind as you don’t really know how deep it is
I’d remove the tire to see how deep the cut is. If its not showing on the other side, i’d put a loctite super glue there.
No. I would replace that tire.
Yeap, until the end
I have similar huge cuts that exposed nylon threads on my GP5000 STR, have to replace it because the sealant won’t seal well if puncture unless you use inner tube back.