Just slashed the sidewall of a brand new DHR II up at Haldon.
Do you guys think its repairable. Form the outside the slash is pretty long just over an inch and if its really stretched out (inner tube pumped up to 50psi) you can just start to see the thread underneath.
But from the inside the damage to the inner wall is not much at all, its just a few milimetres cut from the inside. Which Ive just now patched up with a large inner tube puncture repair patch.
I pumped the inner tube up against the repair to press and hold the patch overnight. at 50 psi is where you see the tyre stretching and the thread becomes visible as mentioned above, so ive lowered the psi again as dont want to strecth it out too much
Im wondering if that puncture repair patch will be strong enough to to hold though and whether I would be better off gluing a cut up patch of actual tyre to the inside.
I slashed right at beginning of ride somehow coming out of ‘ratrun’ but then stuck a tube in and rode for rest of the day all over Haldon including around the ‘enduro’ and ‘birds of prey’
Id rather try and go down the repair route as its a brand new tyre and bit miffed that Id have to replace it already.
Anyone in Exeter got a throwaway tyre I could cut a patch out of? Thanks