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any one using a tyre that they put a "boot" on?

  • 18-05-2013 12:52pm
    #1
    kingoffifa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭


    cycling to work the other day, a tapping screw decided to relocate itself firmly in my panaracer ribmo tyre and schwalbe tube. (barely 2 months old)

    I thought i heard a hiss but kept going cause i had to get to work

    trojan tyre and tube that they are i got another 500 metres before i realised my fate. to make matters worse the trye went from inflated to not inflated in an instant and proceeded to take a good few chunks out of the rim of the wheel!

    the screw went all the ways through main part of the tyre and out the sidewall.

    googling it I came across the concept of applying a "boot" to the area where the hole has been created.

    just wondering has anyone done this and kept using their tyre?

    (From my reading i dont think it is suitable for my tyre as the sidewall got damaged as well)


Comments

  • #2
    kenmc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,278 ✭✭✭kenmc


    its just to get you home in an emergency, not a long term solution.


  • #3
    Squidgy Black
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,740 ✭✭✭✭Squidgy Black


    A boot's just a temporary measure most of the time, I'd suggest just getting a new one.


  • #4
    kingoffifa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 369 ✭✭kingoffifa


    Ah yeah, i am aware of the "recommended" usage - but i was wondering if anyone had gone a bit further with one.

    Park produce a boot and from my reading online some guy kept going for a few 1000 kilometres with the boot in place!


  • #5
    triggermortis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,684 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    I've used a Park boot on a ripped tyre and it worked great. Was less than 10Km from home so no distance record, but when I changed the tyre, the boot was almost solid and looked like it would be well able for a decent distance with it in.
    I also ripped a tyre a few months ago and was closer to home. Didn't want to use a boot for that short haul so I found an old crisp packet and stuffed that over where the rip was. Both these incidents happened on Louth roads so maybe I should get new routes that keep me in Monaghan!


  • #6
    feck sake lads
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,889 ✭✭✭feck sake lads


    i have the same problem same tire ribmo nice rip in the sidewall. i'm still riding it.i glued a rubber patch inside the tire so far so good.
    btw dont use superglue gets brital use rubber glue if the rip is not to big it should be fine.


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  • #7
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    WOudnt recommend it.

    I had a nice tyre with a big gash after two cycles. Put a boot on and used it as a tyre simply for the turbo trainer.

    It has punctured twice on the turbo - that being the case it is hard to see how much life one would get out of it on the road.


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