Shards of glass in the tyre !

[atlantis]

Hi !
Just curioius, I was checking my 23 c tyres and saw small shards of glass , almost a 1mm, they did not go through.

I removed them, just wished to know how do you cover or patch these small nicks in the tyre ?

rgds

 

[HLaB]

I'd just remove them but it doesn't often happen to me, touch wood [raps head]

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

you don't, the rubber is basically cosmetic to the tyre structure. goto sheldon's page to read more

 

[atlantis]

I was advised super glue, whats your advice ?

 

[fossyant]

Leave it

 

[cyberknight]

Remove the shards and superglue the cut to reduce the risk of another shard getting in and digging through .

 

[snorri]

Remove the shards and superglue the cut to

This must be special superglue, some superglues are solvent in water.

 

[cyberknight]

This must be special superglue, some superglues are solvent in water.

Some stuff i got from a builders merchants .................

 

[the_mikey]

It's always good to check the tyres, I usually find glass (that's Bristol for you) and often thorns and shards of metal, otherwise I don't take any action to repair the tyre, just use it until it becomes a puncture magnet.

The first tyres that have carried my bike more than 1000km are a pair of 23c continental gatorskins.

 

[cyberknight]

I run gators and i got maybe 4000 km out of the rear before it became a magnet, just changed it to the gator hardshell and hopefully it will last as long.

 

[atlantis]

Actually I am a little paranoid , since i had a puncture really far from home on my hybrid.700 x 35c

The 23c is absolutely smooth, so the nicks can be seen clearly.

 

[gavintc]

Conti 4000s on both of my bikes and I because I record the mileage for my good bike more accurately, I know they will have travelled over 4000km. I keep the pressure up to around 110 psi and only change them when I start to get punctures - did the change to new tyres last night.

 

[Dayvo]

Superglue was the advice given, and heeded, to me.

No problems since.

 

[Moodyman]

If it's a small cut, I leave it.

If it's a large one, I use puncture repair glue to fill the gap.

 

[Paulus]

Superglue was the advice given, and heeded, to me.

No problems since.

Superglue works for me too.