How are you doing yours?
Got a new non UST Race King with a torn sidewall, and my mates got two brand new torn NN's
EDIT; UST Nobby Nics.
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Repairs to tears in tyres
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Posted 1 year ago #
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gaffered up the inside, superglued the out. Held for many more miles afterwards.
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Pooks solution sounds like the sort of thing I'd try. Anygood with a darning needle? Could give some extra mechanical reinforcement. Then Duck tape inside and superglue the tear.
Best of luck.
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For smallish tears up to maybe 10mm, roughen up the inside with emery, cut out a piece of old roadie tyre, and super-glue it on. I've seen long tears on non-UST tyres sown up with dental floss, although I've never tried it myself or know how long it lasts TBH.
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Try anything you feel happy riding down a rocking singletrack at speed with
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I've used the gaffer / duct tape on the inside approach for small tears. Works ok as it spreads the load from the tube over the undamaged carcass.
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Superglue for me, along with just a normal patch on the inside - done it with two 2.4 NN's, and they hold up well running tubeless.
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i tried using tape on the inside of a new tyre but kept having to replace it every few weeks as the tape ripped on stones/ roots.
recently have been trying to use a plastic shim on the inside, like the ones you get for mounting lights, and then holding it in place with some duck tape. not sure i would rely on it for a remote ride, but for trail centre use it has been holding up fine. saved what was an expensive tyre for me.Posted 1 year ago # -
Got a ProRace2 I can cut up.
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I had this recently, on a Conti Ultra Gatorskin that had been on for a week
I've ummed and aahed about bodging it, but ultimately decided that my safety was worth the £24 for a new tyre. YMMV
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shove an inner tube patch on the inside of the carcass if it's a MTB tyre - should be OK as low pressure
not sure what'd hold a biggish cut in a road tyre but at least a patch on the inside is being pressed on and not pushed off the carcass
Nobby Nics are soo bloody fragile - I've cut a UST one twice in about 4 rides, the second being a flint that pretty much severed one of the centre knobs. I've patched it again & cut off the knob - we'll see (planning on using tubeless again)
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