I incurred the wrath of the puncture God last Thursday. Entirely my fault as hours earlier I was bragging about my Conti Gatorskins in another thread, and how I'd never had a puncture from glass.
Anyway, commuting home in the rain (weird Perth summer weather) and I hit a patch of glass that makes a 1cm slice right through the rear tyre. It's in the middle of the tyre, so the sidewall is fine. I'd really like to keep using it for another 1000 or so k's, but it needs some sort of boot. Anyone had much success booting tyres? What should I use, material from an old tube? Any hints appreciated.
I incurred the wrath of the puncture God last Thursday. Entirely my fault as hours earlier I was bragging about my Conti Gatorskins in another thread, and how I'd never had a puncture from glass.
Anyway, commuting home in the rain (weird Perth summer weather) and I hit a patch of glass that makes a 1cm slice right through the rear tyre. It's in the middle of the tyre, so the sidewall is fine. I'd really like to keep using it for another 1000 or so k's, but it needs some sort of boot. Anyone had much success booting tyres? What should I use, material from an old tube? Any hints appreciated.
For holes smaller than that, I've used puncture repair patches with some success.
I incurred the wrath of the puncture God last Thursday. Entirely my fault as hours earlier I was bragging about my Conti Gatorskins in another thread, and how I'd never had a puncture from glass.
Anyway, commuting home in the rain (weird Perth summer weather) and I hit a patch of glass that makes a 1cm slice right through the rear tyre. It's in the middle of the tyre, so the sidewall is fine. I'd really like to keep using it for another 1000 or so k's, but it needs some sort of boot. Anyone had much success booting tyres? What should I use, material from an old tube? Any hints appreciated.
IME once you get a nick of that size in a tire the tire's no longer viable. My bicycle is my transport, I'm not setting out with cloud hanging over my ability to cover the distance without a bit of grit working its way in.
I incurred the wrath of the puncture God last Thursday. Entirely my fault as hours earlier I was bragging about my Conti Gatorskins in another thread, and how I'd never had a puncture from glass.
Anyway, commuting home in the rain (weird Perth summer weather) and I hit a patch of glass that makes a 1cm slice right through the rear tyre. It's in the middle of the tyre, so the sidewall is fine. I'd really like to keep using it for another 1000 or so k's, but it needs some sort of boot. Anyone had much success booting tyres? What should I use, material from an old tube? Any hints appreciated.
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You could perhaps incorporate the tyre in your shrine to the puncture god(dess) in the hope that you get a more favourable reception (including weather 😉 ) next time.
Failing that, recently in the shower queue a fellow at work related that he had some success* with some kind of toxic rubber cement - came in a tub and had to be heated from memory.
ali (* "some success" meant that it was still stuck together a week later)
I'd really like to keep using it for another 1000 or so k's, but it needs some sort of boot. Anyone had much success booting tyres? What should I use, material from an old tube? Any hints appreciated.
Looove the Conti GS for 'training'... Used the same one for the last 6 months on the indoor trainer + some road riding.. it is a bit square at the moment though...
IMHO for the sake of $40-+, replace it.. (insert safety/hassle/etc reasons here)..
Anyone had much success booting tyres? What should I use, material from an old tube? Any hints appreciated.
Only as an emergency. Try to match the boot to the thickness/nature of tyre. Some old tube and contact glue will probably suffice to stop current tube bulging out. Try to feather the edges of the patch if running high pressure as I've seen that cause a cut.
Alternatively you could duct/duck/dux tape your current tube (inflate until it slightless less than matched tyre, then tape, deflate and install) This might be more sensible with high pressure.
Using a piece of tube as a patch means that that section can buldge out as there are no fibres constraining it.
In any case, keep an eye on the cut and make sure it doesn't keep opening further.
Looove the Conti GS for 'training'... Used the same one for the last 6 months on the indoor trainer + some road riding.. it is a bit square at the moment though...
IMHO for the sake of $40-+, replace it.. (insert safety/hassle/etc reasons here)..
Yeah, I guess I will. Thanks to all for the suggestions. It's just that I've lost two good tyres in the last month due to large cuts and I hate the waste. On the one hand I could use a cheap tyre for my commute, but I like reliability so I use the Conti GS's. So if a booted tyre isn't going to be reliable, well I guess I've answered my own question. PBK have foldables for $30 each, but they've been out of stock for a week. 🙁
Looove the Conti GS for 'training'... Used the same one for the last 6 months on the indoor trainer + some road riding.. it is a bit square at the moment though...
IMHO for the sake of $40-+, replace it.. (insert safety/hassle/etc reasons here)..
Yeah, I guess I will. Thanks to all for the suggestions. It's just that I've lost two good tyres in the last month due to large cuts and I hate the waste.
You could try a tyre scraper. Basically a lightly pressured wire that rubs road [censored] off the tyre. The idea is that the first time stuff gets picked up and the second time it gets pounded in/cuts/puntures.
The commercial ones were just a bit of wire(paper clip) preeasured by a piece of cheap plastic tubing (aquarium air line). A bolt throught the bit you mount centre pull brakes on would take a twist of wire to go in the other end of the plastic tubing.
The commercial ones were just a bit of wire(paper clip) preeasured by a piece of cheap plastic tubing (aquarium air line). A bolt throught the bit you mount centre pull brakes on would take a twist of wire to go in the other end of the plastic tubing.
You could try a tyre scraper. Basically a lightly pressured wire that rubs road [censored] off the tyre. The idea is that the first time stuff gets picked up and the second time it gets pounded in/cuts/puntures.
The commercial ones were just a bit of wire(paper clip) preeasured by a piece of cheap plastic tubing (aquarium air line). A bolt throught the bit you mount centre pull brakes on would take a twist of wire to go in the other end of the plastic tubing.
