Would You Replace the Tire If...

[ridebikeme]

With a one word answer YES!!!

A dollar bill, boot, whatever you might stick in this slit, may not hold when you are riding over roots, rocks, or anything you may encounter in the woods. I wouldn't take the risk.... I always remind people that an injury from something like this is WAY more expensive than replacing a tire/tube.

[Mr. Bloom]

It's interesting to ponder how this happens.

Silver just rolled over 10,000 on her 2 year old Madone. Today, she's riding from Illinois to Louisville.

When checking tires last night, she found gashes in her Vittoria Corso's.

My question: How do we get gashes like this without flats? Is it underscoring the value of our kevlar lined tires?

[Aggie_Ama]

I think why we flat based on a gash is much more complicated than a puncture. I usally change my tires when they are noticeably not rounded, has a visible large gash or explode (eek). I have changed some I thought looked a little sad and found gashes but never flatted.

On a side note, I don't get more than 3,000 miles because I have the depth perception of a drunken armadillo and run over all kinds of stuff. DH said after the cut tire in Taos I can only ride Gatorskins or Armadillos from now on. If I were fast I might care but whats a little extra weight on a turtle? I will work on dropping pounds not grams from the engine (me).