Rip in tyre...

[Maz]

I noticed there's a small rip in my back tyre (about 3mm). When I inflate the tyre to full pressure, the inner tube causes the tyre to bulge slightly at that point and causes the inner tube to protrude through it a little.

Is there some way of covering the inner tube so that it is not exposed in this way?

Thanks

 

[tyred]

Put something on the inside between the tube and the tyre to stop the tube pushing through or it will go bang.

A piece of rubber from an old tube, bit of strong polythene sheet, even a fiver will do but put in something before you ride much further IMO. Doesn't need to be glued in, the pressure of the tube on the tyre will hold it in place.

 

[Maz]

Will do. Thanks for the reply, tyred.

 

[Chrisz]

As above +

Blow the tyre part way up so that the split starts to open, drop in some superglue and immediately deflate the tyre to close the split

 

[Smokin Joe]

Or buy a new tyre.

Bodging isn't really worth the hassle on something that is going to wear out relatively quickly anyway.

 

[jpembroke]

+1

Buy a new tyre. It just isn't worth bodging. Bulges cause blowouts and blowouts cause nasty injuries or worse.

 

[gbb]

If you do put something inside the tyre Maz, it'll want to be strong....
I used a piece of cloth impregnated emery tape, tough as old boots, but it stil only lasts 2 or 3 months before the tyre forces its way through.
A piece of thin flexible plastic...maybe a small piece of fexible metal woud do.
Mine had a 6 mm gash in and i kept it going for about a year with the emery tape (rough side to the tyre..not the inner tube)

A new tyre is ceratinly the best option, but mine was a nearly new tyre that'd just cost £16...and its only on my hack for commuting locally.

 

[tyred]

It's only a small cut so shouldn't cause any problems. If nothing else, it will get keep you mobile until you've had a chance to buy another tyre.

 

[Bollo]

You can buy self-adhesive tyre boots to do the job, but they're really for emergencies so +1 buy a new tyre. In emergencies you can use pretty much anything that's robust enough to hold the inner tube in place and can cope with a bit of damp. I used an old 'Tracker' wrapper found in the bottom of my pannier a few weeks ago - saved a 17 mile walk home.

 

[4F]

Buy a new tyre its just not worth it.. You can bet that whatever bodge you do will fail when you least want it to and be at the point which is furthest from your house.

 

[goo_mason]

I asked the same question a while back Maz, and tried various bodges but nothing really worked and I didn't dare cycle with it.

In the end I bought a lovely new set of Stelvios, which look more like Ultremos than my last Stelvios, and say 'Stelvio Front' and 'Stelvio Rear' on the sides in huge lettering just so I don't mix them up...

New tyre - you don't want to risk a blowout at speed when a bodge-job fails.

 

[jimboalee]

"Bodge jobs" are only bodge jobs if the bodger doesn't know what they are doing.

There has been an instance where I had multiple punctures in both tyres, before Kevlar tyres were heared of. Hedge clippings. Easy to see and easy to remove. I didn't have enough puncture patches with me.

I got home by using my spare tube and packing the front tyre with screwed-up newspaper. Took about an hour to complete, but I was thirty miles from home on a Sunday afternoon, when shops didn't open on Sunday.
I pushed the bike to the nearest Village where luckily, the newsagent had a pile of unsold papers.
I was hoping for a lift to a nearby bike shop, but nothing was forthcoming.

The tube came out and I sat screwing up pages and stuffing them in the tyre. I reckon about 300 screwed up pages went in the tyre.

Desperate times, desperate measures.

 

[4F]

"Bodge jobs" are only bodge jobs if the bodger doesn't know what they are doing.

There has been an instance where I had multiple punctures in both tyres, before Kevlar tyres were heared of. Hedge clippings. Easy to see and easy to remove. I didn't have enough puncture patches with me.

I got home by using my spare tube and packing the front tyre with screwed-up newspaper. Took about an hour to complete, but I was thirty miles from home on a Sunday afternoon, when shops didn't open on Sunday.
I pushed the bike to the nearest Village where luckily, the newsagent had a pile of unsold papers.
I was hoping for a lift to a nearby bike shop, but nothing was forthcoming.

The tube came out and I sat screwing up pages and stuffing them in the tyre. I reckon about 300 screwed up pages went in the tyre.

Desperate times, desperate measures.

But we are not talking about a emergency fix here. I carry with me a spare bit of tube for emergency tyre wall use as I don't fancy knitting bits of grass, bracken and acorns together.

I am sure the newsagent wasn't as lucky when he tried to claim for unsold papers after someone had been stuffing them into his tyre.

 

[jimboalee]

Tin hat on, here comes the flak.

Of course it's an emergency fix. Every puncture is an emergency fix if you are not wishing for one, and who goes out on their bike with the intention of getting a few punctures?

I don't think there is a cyclist alive who plans a 'scheduled puncture'

A piece of cloth, rubber strip, plastic sheet, sweetie wrapper et al is an 'emergency fix'.

The difference you are thinking about is 'emergency fixes' that we are prepared for with suitable repair materials.

My tale was about both tubes with lots of holes in each. What would you do?

 

[4F]

Tin hat on, here comes the flak.

Of course it's an emergency fix. Every puncture is an emergency fix if you are not wishing for one, and who goes out on their bike with the intention of getting a few punctures?

I would suggest someone who attempts to bodge a repair on a tyre when they know they have already got a split.