Is this tyre fooked

dario28

Just cleaning my bike and noticed these splits on my tyre

Have 2 armadillos on at the mo and touch wood no punctures in months...Is the tyre knackered now

I have 2 brand new Conti 4000 gps was waiting until the "summer" to stick them on , should I bin that tyre and go with 1 conti 1 armadillo or just lash on the conti's now,its the front tyre ?

It depends on how deep those little cuts are. If it's only the rubber they're grand. Best way to find out is to take the tyre off and look at it from the inside. If you can see signs off those cuts on the inside surface of the tyre that's bad news.

It's very common to have little slices like that on the surface of puncture resistant tyres. A little piece of glass or some other sharp nastyness slices through the rubber but is stopped by the kevlar belt beneath, leaving those little nicks.

dario28

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It depends on how deep those little cuts are. If it's only the rubber they're grand. Best way to find out is to take the tyre off and look at it from the inside. If you can see signs off those cuts on the inside surface of the tyre that's bad news.

It's very common to have little slices like that on the surface of puncture resistant tyres. A little piece of glass or some other sharp nastyness slices through the rubber but is stopped by the kevlar belt beneath, leaving those little nicks.

Nice one, ill have a check - hope to do 80 -100 on Sunday so a split out on the road would be a nightmare

blorg

They don't look that bad to me. Check as James suggests.

ArraMusha

These surface cuts should be grand, but take off the tyre and check inside as advised above.


This buck has all you need to know about tubes/tyres
http://www.sheldonbrown.com/tires.html

heffsarmy

I put super glue in the cuts of tyres, stops the cuts spreading.