I sliced my nearly new Conti Race King tire during a gravel race, and really want to get a little more use out of this 80 dollar tire.
I tried plugging it during the race unsuccessfully, and just tubed it to get back home.
I’m receiving mixed advice as to the viability of it to race again safely.
What say you?
by Informal_Corner6254
3 Comments
Ride casually, yes. Racing, would depend on the patch
prolly not
The thing is, you’re going to launch an attack up a climb or try to sprint to the line… and in the back of your head you’ll be thinking “I hope that patch holds…” and you’ll just let off the power a tiny bit… and lose.
Get a new tyre, be 100% race-confident. Patch and use this one as a training tyre.