The Roll-y Pol-y on the back of my "main" bike needed replacing after a good long life, so I pulled an Avocet Fasgrip off of my short-run utility bike. I got the Avocet about the same time as the Roly Poly but it's seen much less mileage. Anyway, in taking the Avocet off, I noticed a fairly large football-shaped crack, maybe 1" x 1/2" in circumference. When the tire's mounted and inflated it's close to imperceptible, but in pulling it off and flexing the tire a bit it was obvious. I've looked through the archives and it seems that the cracks that develop in Avocets are generally not of concern, but this one seems a bit different in that the crack forms a complete oval. I took some pictures, link is below:
It's not clear in the photos but the casing is visible underneath the lower part of the crack. The interior casing shows no signs at all of the exterior crack in the rubber.
I've sent Avocet an e-mail but I'd also like to get the opinions of rbt. Is this tire OK to ride?
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The Roll-y Pol-y on the back of my "main" bike needed replacing after a good long life, so I pulled an Avocet Fasgrip off of my short-run utility bike. I got the Avocet about the same time as the Roly Poly but it's seen much less mileage. Anyway, in taking the Avocet off, I noticed a fairly large football-shaped crack, maybe 1" x 1/2" in circumference. When the tire's mounted and inflated it's close to imperceptible, but in pulling it off and flexing the tire a bit it was obvious. I've looked through the archives and it seems that the cracks that develop in Avocets are generally not of concern, but this one seems a bit different in that the crack forms a complete oval. I took some pictures, link is below:
It's not clear in the photos but the casing is visible underneath the lower part of the crack. The interior casing shows no signs at all of the exterior crack in the rubber.
I've sent Avocet an e-mail but I'd also like to get the opinions of rbt. Is this tire OK to ride?
When I had a couple tires do that, Avocet warrantied them. They apparently had been on the shelf too long.
