Is this damaged tyre safe?

[SheilaH]

I wouldn't use it except to get home, especially as some of the casing appears to be damaged.

Some of the comments are rather apocalyptic. I have had blow-outs, even at speed, and never felt the urge to fling myself on to the road as a result.

Try one on the front when descending at speed.

You might not get a say in whether you end up using your face as a brake. I didn't.

At your age you shouldn't be quite so blase about the longterm effects of injury.

 

[Ian H]

Try one on the front when descending at speed.

Been there. done that (at least twice)

At your age you shouldn't be quite so blase about the longterm effects of injury.

Yes, Dad.

 

[I like Skol]

Are you mad? BIN, without any doubts.

That tyre is only an option for limping home after the damage occured.

 

[alecstilleyedye]

bin it…

 

[weareHKR]

It's for recycling & will be next months rubber bollards!

 

[Grant Fondo]

The OP must have got the general consensus by now. I have had a low speed rear blowout clipped in in traffic and very nearly come a cropper.
BIN BIN and thrice BIN

 

[si_c]

Thanks for todays formal boggling of the mind.

 

[straas]

I think some heavy duty staples should do the job.

 

[TheDoctor]

Bin IMHO.

 

[Teamfixed]

Take up hula hooping?

 

[Once a Wheeler]

Useless as a tyre but don't forget the many workshop uses of rubber rings:

• Suspension slings for bikes or parts under repair.
• Use cut sections to protect frames from tool damage during maintenance.
• Keep a 5cm section with your spare inner tube as a get-you-home cover liner after a disastrous blow-out.
• ±7cm sections make good battery holders that prevent the terminals from discharging accidentally.
• ±35cm section as a chain-stay protector during chain changing and maintenance.
• Anti-bang dampers on bike-shed doors.

You get the idea…

 

[roadrash]

2 options

option 1... its fecked

option 2...see option 1

 

[HMS_Dave]

Hit it with a lump hammer a few times. That should fix it.

The worst that could happen is you end up twisted around the axles of a Hermes Lorry....

 

[matticus]

±7cm sections make good battery holders that prevent the terminals from discharging accidentally.

I'm struggling to see how you would easily cut such a thing from a clincher tyre. :-/

(rubber bands? sure)

 

[Once a Wheeler]

I'm struggling to see how you would easily cut such a thing from a clincher tyre.

Tin snips make pretty short work of it. The wrap-round is enough to contain larger batteries.