Hetre gash: to replace or not replace?

[john muhl]

If these weren't brand new I'd replace it without second thought but the thought of chucking a $70 tire with such low milage on it makes my inner cheapskate go crazy. What say the wisdom of the group? Replace or not? http://goo.gl/2AY9i

[C.J. Filip]

Patch the tire itself.  Keep an eye on it.   No way I would throw it away either.

[Andy Smitty Schmidt]

I wouldn't hesitate to ride that tire. I probably wouldn't do anything to patch it even, but if a patch gives you more confidence, do it. 

--Smitty

On Tuesday, April 9, 2013 3:53:23 PM UTC-7, john muhl wrote:

[Christian]

In the two years I've been riding Hetres I've had several similar gashes with no ill effects. Generally, they've been caused by very small pieces of glass--or the gash somehow came first and the glass got in--and so I've had to get tweezers and pull the glass out. But the gash itself has never caused a problem or grown bigger. I say: ride on.

Christian

[IanA]

I'd say only ride it on the rear.  

[Ron Mc]

Good idea to patch the tire.  Even if it's a little square of duck tape.  You couldn't run that cut with a latex tube - it would blow right through.  

[john muhl]

Thanks everyone. Guess I was overreacting. I went ahead and applied a boot and remounted it.

[William]

Boot that for sure!  I carry a tiny square of tyvek in my kit as an emergency boot.  Many of us have used a dollar bill as a boot.  

[Nick Payne]

I was cycling with my brother in Switzerland a few years back, and he got a cut in the side-wall of his tyre big enough for my little finger to fit through. I asked if he had a banknote on him, and he produced a 200 franc note, which I used to boot the tyre. We only re-inflated it to about 30 psi as even with the boot, the cut was bulging a bit at that pressure. The tyre lasted the rest of the day and quite a few more kilometres until we got to a town with a bike shop, but he got a bit worried towards the end of the day when I suggested that maybe the squirming around of the tyre due to the low pressure was gradually wearing all the print off his banknote - 200 francs equates to about $215.

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