Slice in tyre sidewall

[boss]

Hi all,

I discovered a slice in the sidewall of my tyre this morning, and this evening I had a flat.

I hadn't noticed the slice previously, but when I changed the tube there was a patch in the same spot as the slice. So I figure it's been there since I bought it (the bike is 2nd hand, had it for around 2 weeks).

To get me through I put some folded up glossy paper inside the tube and pumped it up. Seems to of held for now.

Has anyone got good tips for sidewall repair? I was thinking maybe using a tube patch against the tyre. But open to ideas.

Cheers all.

[Matt_Matt]

Maybe post a photo to show the damaged area, but my initial advice would be to bin the tyre.

Matt

[RonK]

Replace the tyre.

[Farmer Elvis]

I agree bin it, if its your front tyre it's dangerous, tyres are cheap

[hotshod]

Hi all,

Has anyone got good tips for sidewall repair? I was thinking maybe using a tube patch against the tyre. But open to ideas.

Cheers all.

GO and buy a tyre........ and a decent helmet , because crashing hurts

[twizzle]

I'm going to say "depends". If the tyre isn't deforming around the cut when fully inflated inflated, you haven't damaged the tyre enough for it to need replacing. I use the self-adhesive tube repair patches on this sort of cut. But keep an eye on it, tyres are under a heck of a lot of force, so the damage might spread.

[schwing]

PLus 1 for me on the replace option. Ride it out of trouble , but replace it as soon as you are able.

Bigger possibility of a blow out or puncture, leading to face plant damaged wheels bike etc time off work, much more expensive than 1 tyre

[boss]

Yeah sorry for the lack of an update guys.

I binned it.

Then a couple of days later the rear tyre got a massive slit across its face, binned that too.

The bike was second hand so I suppose the tyres were at the end of their life.

I could have saved the front (sidewall slit) with some floss and an internal patch job, but had bad visions of failure. With good quality tyres at $50 a pop locally, it wasn't worth messing around with.

Thanks for the input guys!