Does anything eat tyres?

g0g

I know it's Friday and all, but it's actually a serious question!

Was just in shed about to have my first spin in ages til I realised rear wheel was flat. I'm fairly certain it was perfect after the last spin. The shed is home to many insects including a lot of woodlice.There's now a reasonable sized tear in the tyre and a couple of bits beside it where there seems to be some tyre gone, and I'm very puzzled!

Rogue-Trooper

Does this woman live in your shed perchance?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kiy4RCEj2U4

KTR1C

g0g wrote: »

I know it's Friday and all, but it's actually a serious question!

Was just in shed about to have my first spin in ages til I realised rear wheel was flat. I'm fairly certain it was perfect after the last spin. The shed is home to many insects including a lot of woodlice.There's now a reasonable sized tear in the tyre and a couple of bits beside it where there seems to be some tyre gone, and I'm very puzzled!

Wood lice wouldn't eat tyres, they go after rotten vegetation etc and strangely enough, not wood !!

Could it be a case the tyres rotted from lack of use ?

Darkglasses

I'd say a rat would, does it look like it was made by something as big as that?

Alek

Rodents can chomp on many things. Mice with rubber fetish?

bazermc

There's always Rats!

outfox

Wheely big ones.

kumate_champ07

miles, lots of them

g0g

KTR1C wrote: »

Wood lice wouldn't eat tyres, they go after rotten vegetation etc and strangely enough, not wood !!

Could it be a case the tyres rotted from lack of use ?

Ah no it's not that long since I was last out on it - maybe 2 weeks at a guess.

Darkglasses wrote: »

I'd say a rat would, does it look like it was made by something as big as that?

See attached photos from two parts of tyre.
002 shows the main tear, but 003 shows further tears.

The bl00dy damp shed is wrecking my bike! Need to invest in a new one!

Other questions:
004 - stupid paint on fork is flaking off, how do I stop this getting worse?
005 - I'm trying to take the chain off to clean it and found the fancy easy to remove one. A youtube video suggested a pliers but it's proving tricky. Is there a nack to it? Do you kinda bend it sideways to open? I don't get it as each end of the link has a long gap on one side but a normal hole on the other, so how does it work!?
006 - last question! More damp damage here. Are all the rusty bits part of the skewer or whatever it's called? If so, are these cheap and easy to replace?

Bike is Canyon Roadlite 6.0 2012 if that helps with the questions!

onthefringe

g0g wrote: »

Ah no it's not that long since I was last out on it - maybe 2 weeks at a guess.

See attached photos from two parts of tyre.
002 shows the main tear, but 003 shows further tears.

The bl00dy damp shed is wrecking my bike! Need to invest in a new one!

Other questions:
004 - stupid paint on fork is flaking off, how do I stop this getting worse?
005 - I'm trying to take the chain off to clean it and found the fancy easy to remove one. A youtube video suggested a pliers but it's proving tricky. Is there a nack to it? Do you kinda bend it sideways to open? I don't get it as each end of the link has a long gap on one side but a normal hole on the other, so how does it work!?
006 - last question! More damp damage here. Are all the rusty bits part of the skewer or whatever it's called? If so, are these cheap and easy to replace?

Bike is Canyon Roadlite 6.0 2012 if that helps with the questions!

only thing eating your tyre is sh**e irish tarmac roads and debris
get some fine sand paper at the back of the fork and a rattle can of matt black paint...do it tastefully obviously..
use sand paper to sand of rust on axle of wheels and or a wire brush...
light rub of greas all over and dry your bike and wheels after spins or before lay offs...
and yes- your sheds muck ;-)

onthefringe

oh and the quick link...
pliers/vise grip...
one jaw of tool at opposite ends of the link and on oppoiste sides..squeez gently..
there is a tool for this too..

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/NEW-Jobsworth-Pro-Cycling-Bike-Chain-Link-Remover-Pliers-Sram-Shimano-Campagnolo-/121678906335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c54a0c3df

rollingscone

Ditto.

Those look like cuts, from going over something sharp on the road, you probably just didn't notice them at the time.

Wanderer78

Rogue-Trooper wrote: »

Does this woman live in your shed perchance?

wonder was the funeral well attended?

diomed

rollingscone wrote: »

Ditto.
Those look like cuts, from going over something sharp on the road, you probably just didn't notice them at the time.

Agree. Mark the cut location (chalk?), deflate the tyre, check to see if there is a bit of glass or metal embedded in the cut, and remove it before it digs in more and causes a puncture.
To close the cut ......... http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/2xu-black-witch-adhesive/rp-prod63371
Every tyre gets cuts like that.

g0g

onthefringe wrote: »

only thing eating your tyre is sh**e irish tarmac roads and debris
get some fine sand paper at the back of the fork and a rattle can of matt black paint...do it tastefully obviously..
use sand paper to sand of rust on axle of wheels and or a wire brush...
light rub of greas all over and dry your bike and wheels after spins or before lay offs...
and yes- your sheds muck ;-)

Thanks for all that, much appreciated! I think I'm cursed by the problem that when renovating the house the builder convinced me to put the water tank in the shed (brick) and have a pressurised water system. Presume that's creating all the moisture in the shed. Probably need to consider a new storage shed! I think I remember a thread on that recently...

onthefringe wrote: »

oh and the quick link...
pliers/vise grip...
one jaw of tool at opposite ends of the link and on oppoiste sides..squeez gently..
there is a tool for this too..

http://www.ebay.ie/itm/NEW-Jobsworth-Pro-Cycling-Bike-Chain-Link-Remover-Pliers-Sram-Shimano-Campagnolo-/121678906335?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item1c54a0c3df

Thanks. I had assumed though that the purpose of the quicklink was to be easily removable possible even by hand if you were stuck? Or am I completely wrong?

rollingscone wrote: »

Ditto.

Those look like cuts, from going over something sharp on the road, you probably just didn't notice them at the time.

Ah no the cut is right through to the tube. The weird thing is that it goes down really quickly once re-inflated, hence me not believing it happened on my last spin.

diomed wrote: »

Agree. Mark the cut location (chalk?), deflate the tyre, check to see if there is a bit of glass or metal embedded in the cut, and remove it before it digs in more and causes a puncture.
To close the cut ......... http://www.chainreactioncycles.com/ie/en/2xu-black-witch-adhesive/rp-prod63371
Every tyre gets cuts like that.

Thanks, that stuff looks useful. And there was me about to shell out 50 quid on another GP4000! Ithinkthe bike only has about 5,000km on it so wouldn't have thought tyres would need replacing yet?