This is prob the most stupid question

[alci4]

i know very little about bike maintanance and the like but just checked my bike after fridays commute and i had a flat

took the tyre off and got the tube out and it's got a massive gash in both

see images

i know the tubes a gonner but is the tyre a write off as well?

i aint holding out much hope but thought it worth an ask

dont really know how it got me home unless it happened as i was walking in the front door ?

cheers

alci4

 

[Gerry Attrick]

Hi alci4. If you are not sure, your question is not stupid.

Sorry to say that yes, your tyre is deceased, dead, extinct, gone to its maker. It would be totally unsafe to use it again.

 

[snorri]

Gerry Attrick is not wrong.

If I may give a friendly tip, clicking on your pics produces massive images. There is a way of resizing so that they just fill the screen.

 

[Number14]

The tyre will be fine. Just get a needle and some thick, strong thread and sew the hole up. Then get a plastic drinks bottle and cut out a piece approx 2cm bigger than the hole and plave between the inner tube and tyre. Then pray it will work.....

 

[Gerry Attrick]

The tyre will be fine. Just get a needle and some thick, strong thread and sew the hole up. Then get a plastic drinks bottle and cut out a piece approx 2cm bigger than the hole and plave between the inner tube and tyre. Then pray it will work.....

Not a useful or safe response to someone trying to learn! Please think before posting.

 

[guitarpete247]

Gerry Attrick is not wrong.

If I may give a friendly tip, clicking on your pics produces massive images. There is a way of resizing so that they just fill the screen.

What is the way then snorri. I've seen a lot of folks have really big images on their posts. I've not been unlucky to have had that problem so far.

Regarding the OP's tyre. Yes "This tyre is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the rim 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-TYRE!! (Thank you Monty Python) .

 

[Gerry Attrick]

What is the way then snorri. I've seen a lot of folks have really big images on their posts. I've not been unlucky to have had that problem so far.

Regarding the OP's tyre. Yes "This tyre is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the rim 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-TYRE!! (Thank you Monty Python) .

You have a far better memory than I Pete!

 

[HLaB]

alci, where do you ride your bike ? as said the tyre is a right off; there's not really more than that to say!

 

[snorri]

What is the way then snorri. I've seen a lot of folks have really big images on their posts. I've not been unlucky to have had that problem so far.

Like you, I have not yet been unlucky either, but usually reduce the original size before attempting to upload to CC.

 

[alci4]

alci, where do you ride your bike ? as said the tyre is a right off; there's not really more than that to say!

this was a 10 mile commute all on road except for 2 mile canal tow path

must have happened close to home as i didnt notice it till i got it out of shed yesterday

 

[alci4]

The tyre will be fine. Just get a needle and some thick, strong thread and sew the hole up. Then get a plastic drinks bottle and cut out a piece approx 2cm bigger than the hole and plave between the inner tube and tyre. Then pray it will work.....

can i use a lucozade sport bottle or does it have to be a 2 litre bottle?

to quote the great richie rich " sarcasm is the last recourse of the emotional cripple"

many thanks for all the helpful answers folks

 

[Paulus]

this was a 10 mile commute all on road except for 2 mile canal tow path

must have happened close to home as i didnt notice it till i got it out of shed yesterday

Must of happened very close to home, you would of noticed that happening. A bang and maybe a big bump as you hit something, the kerb or a pothole maybe?

 

[alci4]

Must of happened very close to home, you would of noticed that happening. A bang and maybe a big bump as you hit something, the kerb or a pothole maybe?

really didnt know a thing

even rolling it through the house to put it in shed didnt notice it rolling on a deflated tyre yet the min i tried to pull it out the shed i felt it was rolling wrong

 

[Matthames]

I had a tyre that looked like that once, it was caused indirectly by somebody's mutt running across my front wheel. I ended up steering into a wall and knocking one of my front panniers into the wheel, this led to the loss of a couple of spokes and the front wheel going out of true. I then released the front brakes and pushed the bike to the nearest bike shop, however because it was out of true the wheel kept rubbing on the brake blocks and wore a hole in the side wall near the rim. Needless to say that front tyre ended up going in the bin and being replaced.

 

[mightyquin]

Probably a good idea to have a close look at the other tyre just in case it has been damaged by the same debris/whatever!