Found this on rear tire, what does it mean. And is tire savable? Was bought a 150 miles ago. Vittoria corsa next
by Complete-Tomorrow982
Found this on rear tire, what does it mean. And is tire savable? Was bought a 150 miles ago. Vittoria corsa next
by Complete-Tomorrow982
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It means you need a new tire, sorry.
You have a tear in your tire and the inner tube is having an Alien Cantina moment.
Replace tire.
Tire has a big enough hole that the tube is bubbling through… its dead.
Looks like your outer tube is torn and the inner tube is protruding through the tear because the airpressure that’s inside. If you ride it, it’ll pop on the first little bump you’ll encounter.
You can save this tire if you use a tire boot. Let the air out immediately and don’t ride it until it has a boot.
Tire hernia
It means “woo new tyre day”
Looks like part of the system in herniating. You have a small cut in outer casing of the tire, which your tube is trying to expand out through. That may be another layer of the casing, but it’s more likely that it is just your tube. Either way that tire is done for and needs to be replaced, continuing to ride it will cause a flat when the tube makes contact with anything sharp or the pressure from the inside of the tube eventually wins. It is likely not going to be covered under warranty, as that could happen from rolling over debris, unless you can prove that the tear was there from the beginning or came from the inside.
Couldn’t you just line the tire with a little duct tape?
This is a tubeless setup if that changes anything, thank you all for the replies
Find yourself a patch plug the 2 in 1 style where its a plug but also a patch. Slather it in rubber cement and ram that thing thru there trim the excess and send it. It’ll hold until it doesn’t.
Boot it for sure.
New bike
She’s dead, mate.
Its an out-y, not an in-y…
I’m rolling on a tire that is slightly worse than yours. I used one of the large patches from an inner tube kit and stuck it on the inside of the cut. I have at least 150 miles more since the repair.
You can patch the inside of the tire, plenty of products do this. Then just run tubes until she wears out. Worked for me years ago…
I’ve seen this on a few Vittoria terreno dry and zero tires. Might be able to take this back to the shop and get it warrantied if it’s this new.
Sidewall damage is always a tire replacement.
The inner tube is about to fail if it hasn’t already, and you need a new tire do not ride at all till fixed.
[Park tire boot](https://www.parktool.com/en-us/product/emergency-tire-boot-tb-2) will buy you some time but it’s toast
I once wrapped a dollar bill around tube to make it home like that.
Luckily you didn’t get a blowout while riding. While you can repair with a Park Tire Boot, I would only use those for a temporary fix for on-road repairs. Sucks that it’s a new tire, but toss it.
Slash is on rear wheel, so it’s less of a hazard if you choose to boot the tire: if it fails (not a totally unlikely proposition), it probably would fail pretty catastrophically, leading to a very sudden loss of all the air in the tube: somewhat manageable on the rear, if you’re not bombing down a mountain or cornering hard, most likely an instant crash if on the front.