Is the tyre still OK and Safe?

[duggoey]

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?

 

[silverstreakNZ]

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

 

[duggoey]

Nothing really... just concerned that a deep cut may cause failure of the structural integrity of the tyre, therefore causing death or permanent disfigurement.

 

[duggoey]

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

 

[dartyppyt]

Replace it! You will have piece of mind.

 

[Teambowles]

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

 

[koth442]

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!!

 

[ghte]

Tyre is close to its use by date anyway. I never run a road tyre to the enth degree.

 

[87husky500xc]

Change it out. Seems about due up anyway

 

[duggoey]

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

 

[robertaccio]

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.

 

[ghte]

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?

 

[duggoey]

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.

 

[koth442]

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 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.

 

[Teambowles]

We average about 3000 miles out of our rears, Dunlop Q3's or Michelin Pilot Powers so 10K your doing very well.

 

[ohmygewd]

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

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!!