I noticed a nice little cut where I must have ran over some glass on my road bike. Is it a danger to ride it like this or is it OK?
People hand cut slick Tyers all the time . This is no different really Poke something in there and make sure the glass is not still in there that will make a flat when u least need it . Other than that I'm not sure what you thought would actually happen
Nothing really... just concerned that a deep cut may cause failure of the structural integrity of the tyre, therefore causing death or permanent disfigurement.
I don't know about road tyres, that's why I ask if a little slice is superficial or if it will rip apart catastrophically at speed making me and my bride take an unscheduled trip off the side of the road
It's fine we get them all the time. Looks like you've only got a few hundred miles left on that tire anyway so if it worries you like said above replace it
Totally fine. The structure of the tire is in the steel and/or nylon braids underneath the rubber. I got lazy one time and decided that instead of breaking the bead I would just cut the old tire off. I ended up having to break the bead anyway, I couldn't get the entire tire apart!!
Thanks guys. I presumed the tyre can't break up from this but multiple opions are better than one. Only got about 5000km outta it. Guess that's a lot more than you get out of a knobby
road tires disintegrate, chunk and peel off. Just watch some tire failure racing viddies and you'll change it. don't mess with it. change it its near lifecycle anyway.
I only get between 4 and 5000 k's on my multistrada. I cant see how guys get 10,000k's or more. Might be a right wrist issue?
The Tracer is a fairly fast bike but the power isn't too agressive so thought I'd get a bit more than that from the tyre. My throttle application grades from tame and sedate to wheelie angry when I'm around traffic (I hate being on the bike in traffic) I will change it out soon for sure.
The mutli has a lot of torque compared to most motorcycles too. Torque and wrist combination eats tires. I could get ~10k miles out of one of these Dunlop's on my Daytona.
We average about 3000 miles out of our rears, Dunlop Q3's or Michelin Pilot Powers so 10K your doing very well.
When l was low budget road racer, plugged a just scrubbed slick once and rode a clubby race at the Island with no issues? It's only a slight cut but looking at the wear marks, you're in for a new tyre soon anyway!!
