Well...

Phil said:

G.T. said:

One thing I know. I will probably no longer use 25 year old tires.

The same thing happens with 25 minute old tires when there's a 5cm split in
the tire. IMO, there's lots of plies in there to prevent a catastrophic
zipper-like failure of the casing. Good to hear that there were no
injuries.

Yeah, but I knew these things were on the edge of usability. They're
pretty brittle.

Greg
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G.T. said:

...my 25 year old tires finally gave out in a spectacular fashion.
After doing a ride on the fixed gear earlier yesterday I jumped on it to
ride over to the subway at 9:15 last night. I was heading to the 1st
3rd St Tunnel Drag Races in downtown LA. After getting situated on the
subway at the North Hollywood station, the train was actually pretty
full, and before we got to the Universal stop, there was a sudden and
very loud bang in the car. All the gangbangers on the train hit the
floor.

/snort!

G.T. said:

...my 25 year old tires finally gave out in a spectacular fashion.
After doing a ride on the fixed gear earlier yesterday I jumped on it
to ride over to the subway at 9:15 last night. I was heading to the
1st 3rd St Tunnel Drag Races in downtown LA. After getting situated
on the subway at the North Hollywood station, the train was actually
pretty full, and before we got to the Universal stop, there was a
sudden and very loud bang in the car. All the gangbangers on the
train hit the floor. I just stood there looking dumbfounded. But I
checked my tires and sure enough the rear was flat.

Heh.

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After arriving at the 3rd St Tunnel I started to fix my flat. When I
pulled out the tube I found a rather large starburst hole. I checked
my rim tape, rim, and tire but didn't see anything obvious. I
proceeded to put another tube in and pump it up. As soon as I got to
full pressure another pop, not so dramatic this time. Damn, I pull
the tube out, patch it, really examine the rim because the starburst
punctures were close to the inside of the tube, find nothing, so put
the tube back in. This time I only pumped it up to 60psi or so just
so I could get home and examine it later.

However, I finally noticed my problem when I was getting a beer out of
the backpack leaned up against my bike. There was a 5 cm split in the
tire right next to the bead. Thankfully it was the rear and
thankfully it hadn't given out on one of my previous rides.

One thing I know. I will probably no longer use 25 year old tires.

The same thing happens with 25 minute old tires when there's a 5cm split in
the tire. IMO, there's lots of plies in there to prevent a catastrophic
zipper-like failure of the casing. Good to hear that there were no
injuries.

--
Phil

Quoted message said:

All the gangbangers on the train hit the

Quoted message said:

floor.

/snort!

Sounds like your "urban reaction time" is a little slow. Better work
on that :-)

G.T. said:

There was a 5 cm split in the tire right next to the bead.
Thankfully it was the rear and thankfully it hadn't given out on one
of my previous rides.

No problem. Sew it up with Fishing Line. Good as new. NEVER give
in.

- Don Gillies
San Diego, CA

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Quoted message said:

G.T. said:

There was a 5 cm split in the tire right next to the bead.
Thankfully it was the rear and thankfully it hadn't given out on one
of my previous rides.

No problem. Sew it up with Fishing Line. Good as new. NEVER give
in.

Yeah it's currently booted and I rode it a little today and yesterday with
about 70 psi. But the tires are history. Continuing on from the current
split is about 8 inches where it's almost ripped through. In short time the
bead on that side is going to separate from the rest of the tire.

Greg

Quoted message said:

G.T. said:

There was a 5 cm split in the tire right next to the bead.
Thankfully it was the rear and thankfully it hadn't given out on one
of my previous rides.

Donald Gillies said:

No problem. Sew it up with Fishing Line. Good as new. NEVER give
in.

Sew a torn tire casing?
Isn't that a bit like the Stoic who, when sentenced to have his tongue
cut out, bit it off and spit it at the king?

--
Andrew Muzi
www.yellowjersey.org
Open every day since 1 April, 1971

A Muzi said:

Quoted message said:

G.T. said:

There was a 5 cm split in the tire right next to the bead.
Thankfully it was the rear and thankfully it hadn't given out on one
of my previous rides.

Donald Gillies said:

No problem. Sew it up with Fishing Line. Good as new. NEVER give
in.

Sew a torn tire casing?
Isn't that a bit like the Stoic who, when sentenced to have his tongue
cut out, bit it off and spit it at the king?

Well, some of us are seriously cheap, and take a perverse pride in
squeezing every last bit of use out of something before throwing it away.

I've sewn quite a few tire casings, usually bad casing cuts from road
debris, and gotten a lot of miles out of them afterward, though not
casings as badly damaged as the OP's. Granted there can be some awkward
moments when the repairs let go; use this approach with some judgment.

Mark J.

Mark said:

A Muzi said:

Quoted message said:

"G.T." <[email hidden]> writes:
> There was a 5 cm split in the tire right next to the bead.
> Thankfully it was the rear and thankfully it hadn't given out on
> one of my previous rides.

Donald Gillies said:

No problem. Sew it up with Fishing Line. Good as new. NEVER give
in.

Sew a torn tire casing?
Isn't that a bit like the Stoic who, when sentenced to have his
tongue cut out, bit it off and spit it at the king?

Well, some of us are seriously cheap, and take a perverse pride in
squeezing every last bit of use out of something before throwing it
away.
I've sewn quite a few tire casings, usually bad casing cuts from road
debris, and gotten a lot of miles out of them afterward, though not
casings as badly damaged as the OP's. Granted there can be some
awkward moments when the repairs let go; use this approach with some
judgment.

I've put plenty of short-commute miles on this one without any problems:

http://img9.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=73741_tire_122_445lo.jpg

I figure the flat protection layer never carried a load anyways.
--
Phil