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06-02-2004, 03:15 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? A miniscule cut in a tire allows for something similar to a pinch to develop. If the tube so much as shows an ant's baby finger out of the tire it gets cut off, resulting in another flat. And you never know when, usually 12 miles into the woods. also the cut allows free passage of a sharp small pebble to peirce the tube again. So im my opinion I always change the tire too. You can do emergency repairs with a small cut but the tube is unreliable so I would not go downhill at high let loose speed with it still on. |
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06-02-2004, 03:15 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? A miniscule cut in a tire allows for something similar to a pinch to develop. If the tube so much as shows an ant's baby finger out of the tire it gets cut off, resulting in another flat. And you never know when, usually 12 miles into the woods. also the cut allows free passage of a sharp small pebble to peirce the tube again. So im my opinion I always change the tire too. You can do emergency repairs with a small cut but the tube is unreliable so I would not go downhill at high let loose speed with it still on. |
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06-02-2004, 03:15 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? A miniscule cut in a tire allows for something similar to a pinch to develop. If the tube so much as shows an ant's baby finger out of the tire it gets cut off, resulting in another flat. And you never know when, usually 12 miles into the woods. also the cut allows free passage of a sharp small pebble to peirce the tube again. So im my opinion I always change the tire too. You can do emergency repairs with a small cut but the tube is unreliable so I would not go downhill at high let loose speed with it still on. |
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06-02-2004, 03:15 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? A miniscule cut in a tire allows for something similar to a pinch to develop. If the tube so much as shows an ant's baby finger out of the tire it gets cut off, resulting in another flat. And you never know when, usually 12 miles into the woods. also the cut allows free passage of a sharp small pebble to peirce the tube again. So im my opinion I always change the tire too. You can do emergency repairs with a small cut but the tube is unreliable so I would not go downhill at high let loose speed with it still on. |
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06-02-2004, 03:15 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? A miniscule cut in a tire allows for something similar to a pinch to develop. If the tube so much as shows an ant's baby finger out of the tire it gets cut off, resulting in another flat. And you never know when, usually 12 miles into the woods. also the cut allows free passage of a sharp small pebble to peirce the tube again. So im my opinion I always change the tire too. You can do emergency repairs with a small cut but the tube is unreliable so I would not go downhill at high let loose speed with it still on. |
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06-02-2004, 03:37 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? Jiyang Chen wrote: > I got a flat from a piece of glass (I think) a few days ago. There > is a cut through the tire which resulted from rolling over the glass. > Should I get a brand new tire? This was a almost new Michelin Pro > Race. > > Thanks I think very few people would get a new tire after every flat. It would get kinda expensive. My old tires all have cuts in them. Some go all the way through but most of them don't. -- Perre You have to be smarter than a robot to reply. |
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06-02-2004, 03:37 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? Jiyang Chen wrote: > I got a flat from a piece of glass (I think) a few days ago. There > is a cut through the tire which resulted from rolling over the glass. > Should I get a brand new tire? This was a almost new Michelin Pro > Race. > > Thanks I think very few people would get a new tire after every flat. It would get kinda expensive. My old tires all have cuts in them. Some go all the way through but most of them don't. -- Perre You have to be smarter than a robot to reply. |
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06-02-2004, 03:37 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? Jiyang Chen wrote: > I got a flat from a piece of glass (I think) a few days ago. There > is a cut through the tire which resulted from rolling over the glass. > Should I get a brand new tire? This was a almost new Michelin Pro > Race. > > Thanks I think very few people would get a new tire after every flat. It would get kinda expensive. My old tires all have cuts in them. Some go all the way through but most of them don't. -- Perre You have to be smarter than a robot to reply. |
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06-02-2004, 03:37 PM
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| Re: cut in tire--replace? Jiyang Chen wrote: > I got a flat from a piece of glass (I think) a few days ago. There > is a cut through the tire which resulted from rolling over the glass. > Should I get a brand new tire? This was a almost new Michelin Pro > Race. > > Thanks I think very few people would get a new tire after every flat. It would get kinda expensive. My old tires all have cuts in them. Some go all the way through but most of them don't. -- Perre You have to be smarter than a robot to reply. |
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