Gutted, Michelin Pro3 tyre lasts 80km

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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    5mm on the tread is definitely super-glueable. Perhaps glue a inner tube patch on the inside of the tyre if it's gone all the way through.
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  • redddraggon
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    You were lucky that it's on the tread, a cut on the sidewall means a wrecked tyre - you can't safely glue the sidewall if it cuts.
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  • felgen
    felgen Posts: 829
    Mine were only mini cuts when I cleaned and inspected the tyre after that ride Mark - but I picked out all the little offenders from the tread and nothing too big. Hope your tyre lives to roll another day.
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  • fossyant
    fossyant Posts: 2,549
    Or a piece of sandpaper/emery cloth under the slit.....
  • Wappygixer
    Wappygixer Posts: 1,396
    I always use superglue on my tires if they get slit, but make sure you use the good stuff like Loctite noy your pound shop specials.
  • dbb
    dbb Posts: 323
    Wappygixer wrote:
    I always use superglue on my tires if they get slit, but make sure you use the good stuff like Loctite noy your pound shop specials.

    why - what's the difference?
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  • Slow Downcp
    Slow Downcp Posts: 3,041
    dbb wrote:
    Wappygixer wrote:
    I always use superglue on my tires if they get slit, but make sure you use the good stuff like Loctite noy your pound shop specials.

    why - what's the difference?

    About £2.50 :lol: :oops:

    Cheapo stuff doesn't stick that well.
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  • softlad
    softlad Posts: 3,513
    dbb wrote:
    why - what's the difference?

    the difference is, you get what you pay for...
  • ademort
    ademort Posts: 1,924
    In December i had a similar thing with my Michelin Krylion Carbons. Fitted new front tyre on the Monday. On Tuesday morning riding to work i heard a bang on the front wheel tyre went flat instantly. Stopped, examined the tyre, hole you could get you finger through in the sidewall maybe i did 40Kms. On looking back up the road i came across a glass jar bottom which was almost impossible to see in the dark, even though i have a P7 and a Fenix on the front .My tyre was finished, cost €25, thats life.
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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    PR3's in winter - what do you expect?
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  • redddraggon
    redddraggon Posts: 10,862
    Monty Dog wrote:
    PR3's in winter - what do you expect?

    Hmm........I've used PR2s all through the last year in North Wales, through all the farmyard crap and wet weather, and nothing drastic has happened to them. Winter in London, can't be that much more damaging to tyres than Summer in N. Wales, surely?
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  • NWLondoner
    NWLondoner Posts: 2,047
    Monty Dog wrote:
    PR3's in winter - what do you expect?

    Cycling Plus gave them rave reviews for winter riding. :?
  • ademort
    ademort Posts: 1,924
    NWLondoner wrote:
    Monty Dog wrote:
    PR3's in winter - what do you expect?

    Cycling Plus gave them rave reviews for winter riding. :?
    Had the prorace3 on in the summer and they were excellent, as soon as the bad weather came they cut up very quickly, Krylion carbons for me in the winter.
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  • andyp
    andyp Posts: 10,573
    Pro Race 3, whether they are grip or not, are a race tyre and just aren't robust enough to last as a winter tyre.

    You'd need to have more money than sense to use them as a winter tyre in my opinion. Get a pair of Krylions.
  • barrybaines
    barrybaines Posts: 273
    andyp wrote:
    Pro Race 3, whether they are grip or not, are a race tyre and just aren't robust enough to last as a winter tyre.

    You'd need to have more money than sense to use them as a winter tyre in my opinion. Get a pair of Krylions.

    Do you know of anywhere that has them in stock?
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  • Ste_S
    Ste_S Posts: 1,173
    phips wrote:
    Monty Dog wrote:
    PR3's in winter - what do you expect?

    They're the 'grip' version, not the normal lightweight race version. Aimed at poorer conditions.

    Made perfect sense to me to use them in winter :roll:

    Poorer conditions in the summer. Rain etc

    They're a light race tyre. Winter eats light tyres.

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