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sabala
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So a few days after my 1st blowout, (and 2nd flat) I was riding the same route and again a loud and sudden PFFT!!! instant flat.
This time I walked back up the street to see what the heck I went over. I saw the Slime residue blast mark in the street and a few feet behind that was a lovely box cutter razor blade I assume I'd run over...twice! I brought it home to properly dispose of it. It was quite dirty and rusted so it blended into the asphalt making it even harder to see at 7:30pm.
Anyway, I now have TWO basically still new tires now, both with about 1 1/2" - 2" long cut all the way through in the center of the tread. I am wondering if they are toast now and it's better to get a new tire altogether or is it something that can be easily repaired by say, taping the inside of the tire or cementing a piece of inner tube or something to patch it?
Any thoughts?
This time I walked back up the street to see what the heck I went over. I saw the Slime residue blast mark in the street and a few feet behind that was a lovely box cutter razor blade I assume I'd run over...twice! I brought it home to properly dispose of it. It was quite dirty and rusted so it blended into the asphalt making it even harder to see at 7:30pm.
Anyway, I now have TWO basically still new tires now, both with about 1 1/2" - 2" long cut all the way through in the center of the tread. I am wondering if they are toast now and it's better to get a new tire altogether or is it something that can be easily repaired by say, taping the inside of the tire or cementing a piece of inner tube or something to patch it?
Any thoughts?