gashed sidewall. any repairs?

brand new minion dh …less than half a dozen rides…rocky descent last week and I get an inch long gash in the sidewall with tube bulging out…how it hadn’t popped I don’t know.

I guess it’s time for the bin, but just though I’d ask if anyone has a repair method? Wondering if it is worth gluing a patch of old tyre to the inside? I’ve done this successfully in an emergency as a ‘get me home’ repair before, but never tried making it last…but tempted to as this tyre is brand new and I’m off to arizona with the bike shortly and expect the rear tyre to take a beating tread wise, if I could be confident of a month long repair I know what tyre I’d use now!

Glue part of an old tyre inside it then a coat of duct tape over the top,that should hold out fine.

Good Luck

yes at the price of new Minions I’d def be glueing a patch of old sidewall from an old tyre inside to patch it – should last if you prepare it properly and use suitable adhesive.

I’ve used bits of plastic milk cartons glued to the inside. Used one repaired this way for a couple of months once.

I think I’ve used evostick before.

hmm, might give it a try. I’ll order a new one for the front, and maybe try the repaired one on the rear. Needs to hold up to tubeless riding in Arizona too…all the cactii make tubeless essential.

get a big old leather-sewing needle and stitch the cut with dental floss, it’s mentally strong.

Then glue a bit of old tyre inside, I’d be wanting a nice thin bit off a lightweight tyre, and use a nice flexible adhesive.

Should be fine

APF

cheers. I’ll give the floss and old tyre patch a try….will keep the repairs tyre for the rear though.

poo….40 quid for a 2.5 minion dhf….expensive

I bought a patch for a tractor tube in a farm shop, and stuck that on the inside of a gashed sidewall with puncture repair adhesive, which has worked quite well so far.

I used to carry some old (40 or 50 years!) car tyre tube patches for this….used them all on mates tyres as emergency repairs.

hmm…off to google again

big split

sewn with floss and patch of old tyre cut to stick in place

my evostick contact adhesive had gone off though….will buy a new tube and attach the patch tomorrow!

Though not a DH tyre, nor run tubeless, I patched a 2.25″ Advantage folder with inner tube patches (admitely they weren’t out of a cycle repair kit). One inside, one out. A bit of a bulge (I didn’t stitch it) but it seemed to work

I’ve sewn tyres up in the past with dental floss, but found it pulls at the casing when over/under inflated. It didn’t fail, but could see stitches starting to pull through.
I now sew with a bit of light webbing behind the gash to spread the load and save the tyre bulging.

I’m feeling reasonably confident….we shall see once I have some good glue if that is well placed confidence!

Now if I could only get my ghetto tubeless to work I’d be happy….but no…721 rim, tape and old valve method, both a motoraptor and a minion =FAIL. poo. I’ve resorted to ordering some bmx tubes…still, wiggle have some clearance ones at only 2.50