New tire with hole

[email hidden] (GABIKE) wrote in :"]news:[email hidden]:

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I just installed new Hutchison carbon comps on my bike. They only had 200 miles on them when
yesterday a small rock penetrated one of them and i flatted. I now have a brand new $45 tire with
a small hole right in the middle. What could have caused this besides bad luck and is there
anything that can be done to it to make is safely servicable?

You know what happened, a rock poked a hole in your tire. Nothing you can do about that, other than
watch out for rocks.

How big is the hole? Are the cords of the tire damaged, or only the rubber? If there is only a small
slice in the rubber and the cords are intact, the tire is still OK to use. You might put a small bit
of glue on the cut to seal it.

If the cords are cut, however, using the tire is risky. Some people will try patching the inside of
the tire. Others will not want to risk the cords failing.

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"GABIKE" <> I just installed new Hutchison carbon comps on my bike. They only had 200 miles

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on them when yesterday a small rock penetrated one of them and i flatted.

I now

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have a brand new $45 tire with a small hole right in the middle. What could have caused this
besides bad luck and is there anything that

can be

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done to it to make is safely servicable? BTW, the tube had 1200 miles on it.

Maybe "shoe goo" would patch it. I use it for anything that I don't use JB Weld for...and with duct
tape and WD-40, your toolbox is almost complete!

Pat in TX

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I now

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have a brand new $45 tire with a small hole right in the middle. What could have caused this
besides bad luck and is there

Should've bought $10 tires and youre less likely to have this problem. IMO $45 tires are fore racing
not for training, sport type riding. You want lightness and suppleness you lose durability.