After 16 days of riding non-stop Bikepark in France my rear tire has a small cut and the treads show clear wear. It still holds air fine.
I have to take the tire off when I get home anyway to replace a broken spoke.
Should I just replace the tire while I'm at it?
TIA
by junky_xl
11 Comments
Replace
Nothing wrong with it… Keep it. That tyres fine. Use it til it really blows.
It holds air. If it ain’t broke don’t fix it. Still wise to keep a tire plug handy just in case.
Tread is good, the sidewall however… might come back to haunt you.
If it goes, it’ll be at the worst time and it’ll be fast!
corner knobs look fine and center knobs still square. I’d run it.
Save it, but repair the sidewall gash. Remove.tbe tire from the rim. Clean the sealant off the inside of the tire around the gash. Buy some lezyne umbrella plugs and poke one through the gash. Then get yourself some rubber cement and make a big old round patch from an old inner tube. Use the rubber cement to make a patch to out over the base of the umbrella plug. Let the tire sit for about a day for the rubber cement to dry and then reinstall it on the tire with some fresh tubeless sealant. Should be good to go. I’ve done that many times. I can’t say it’s entirely fool proof but most of the time it’s worked for remainder of the life of the tire tread.
If that’s a rear tire, I’d go for the super gravity version, especially if you’re riding hard bike park laps and you don’t want to have to worry about it again.
I’d glue a patch in and run it for a while yet. I also run cushcore though so I can at least limp out in most situations.
Tread looks good, for the sidewall put a real rubber patch (car tire patches work great) on there and clamp it while it cures. It will never fail if done right.
I’d replace it with maxxis max grip dh casing tires, I’ve hated my experience on schwalbe radials.
As far as the use/damage goes, I’d run it.