Fixing a tire?
 

So I hit a pothole the other day, which gave me a pinch flat. Also, it seems that it messed up the tire and there's this little slash on the side with tube bulging out. How should I fix it?

Thanks! (PS: I can't afford new tires, these have like 500 miles on them!)

Bummer. Maybe someone else will chime in but I don't think you can repair sidewall cuts( I know not what you wanted to hear). I've had that happen miles from home and used a dollar folded over to get home. I wouldn't feel comfortable riding with that in a group or at speed. Maybe use it on the trainer till it lets loose.

I was thinking about that, but the main issue is that I'm heading down south for training in a few days and need to figger something out quick-like.

Any chance of swapping with someone until you get back and have time to deal with it?

Do you have any spare inner tubes that aren't salvageable, or scrap rubber of any kind? I think with some stiffer plastic, like out of a milk carton or something, some rubber, a bit of rubber cement, and something flat/hard to clamp it to when drying, you'd be o.k.

Check the pictures. New tire, eh?

Naw, I thought it was gonna be worse. Just find something with a little give and some tape to patch it up and I think you'll be set. Are there any dollar shops and/or dumpsters near you?

No dice...I when ahead and bought a tire anyway and will use this one on the trainer. I need to race this bike so I don't want a tire blowing in a crit and killing half the field.

Meh, I'm pretty sure you could deal w/ it blowing out w/o killing half the field, but better to be safe than sorry I suppose.

I saw some ridic crashed at my first race, the most scary being one where my teammates bike "flew like 15 feet in the air and then came down and took out another cyclist" so I'm gonna play it nice and easy, :)

Those you ride with will thank you. :) It's no fun when hit the ground at 30+ and when your in a big group you don't have time to react without taking out several others.

WTF!? I was thinking about racing but now, meng... Y'all are nuts! ;)

It was a pretty funny story. No one believed him until the other guy in that race on our team came back to the van and was like "@($@$@ RUDY"S DEAD! HIS BIKE WAS FLYING OVER OUR HEADS!"

Ha! Sounds like a ton of fun. :D Except for Rudy. :thumbup:

Side Note
 

Bum deal. Was it on public roads, by the way? The Gubmint may be responsible...

This is more towards automobiles, but might apply. Recently my Wife hit a pothole a ripped a gash in the sidewall. MODOT promptly paid for a new OEM tire (mount, balance, stem, etc), and an alignment.

Sad thing, countless vehicles unsuspectingly hit the same hole and wound up on the side of the road until they half-arse patched it and it happened again weeks later.

I wonder if your municipality would compensate bike riders?

RH77

In the blink of an eye. Keep in mind they're probably doing 25+

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQbae...ature=related]

Rudy's wreck was actually in a sprint straight, prolly in the high 20s, he was pushed and crossed wheels with the guy in front of him.

My pothole was indeed on public roads. I'll send vermont a blitz. At the very least to fix the roads, :p

In my delivery days I used to use a couple layers of duct tape for small sidewall/hole repair. I was running 30s psi on 1.7 MTB semi slicks, so YMMV, standard disclaimer applies. :p

That hole doesn't look small though. Hope you don't have many right turns :D

Yeah, these tires are meant to run 120psi, so it definitely doesn't seem to happy. I'll just air it down and only use it on the trainer. *sadness*

Good decision to get a new tire. :thumbup:

sidewall tears can be patched temporarily with a folded up dollar, energy bar wrapper or somesuch, but that's only a temorary fix. The permanent fix is buying a new tire, sorry to say there's no way around it.

Except to get some 26x2.3 tires like I just got :D
No pinch flats in those babies!