front wheel tyre kink/wiggle?

xchudy_1325
xchudy_1325 Posts: 85
edited April 2013 in Road general
ive just noticed what looks like a slight kink/wiggle (best way to describe it) on my tyre, i have no idea what it is, i feel its not right tho

tyre hasnt lost any pressure either,

hope you can see what i mean with the attached pic

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  • nawty
    nawty Posts: 225
    Is it in the tyre or the actual wheel?

    Spin the wheel and watch it in relation to the brake blocks to see.
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  • xchudy_1325
    xchudy_1325 Posts: 85
    nawty wrote:
    Is it in the tyre or the actual wheel?

    Spin the wheel and watch it in relation to the brake blocks to see.

    just did what you suggested, and its defiantly the tyre, the space between wheel and brake block doesn't change
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    Slight!?
  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    V odd.
    Try deflating tyre. Make sure it is seated properly, they reinflate.
    Or even better, take off and put back on.
    Pump tube up slightly while out too maybe.
  • foggymike
    foggymike Posts: 862
    Twisted inner tube inside?
  • sloppyschleckonds
    sloppyschleckonds Posts: 8,019
    ^
    Inner tube not seated properly
    Previous puncture repair
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  • Anonymous
    Anonymous Posts: 79,666
    CSI bikeradar solves another cold case 8)
  • crumbschief
    crumbschief Posts: 3,399
    Shirley this means a new bike or new tyres at least,haha what ever it is i advise not riding on it further until sorted out it looks awry.
  • MountainMonster
    MountainMonster Posts: 7,423
    Whoah, that is a pretty big change there! I wouldn't want to ride it until I sorted it. Imagine if you rode around with it like that and in a corner it rolled on itself. Ah the thought.
    My London Road
  • pride4ever
    pride4ever Posts: 510
    Do you own a bin?
    the deeper the section the deeper the pleasure.
  • Marcryan206
    Marcryan206 Posts: 116
    Iv had this before, ride to work locked her up looked at back wheel and this massive swealing in one spot. Road it to my LBS and it blew up!! Walked rest of way to shop and he said it was because to many miles on the tyre :? But the rest of tyre was fine! New tyre later never happened again. Very strange!
  • Ouija
    Ouija Posts: 1,386
    Marcryan206 wrote:
    Iv had this before, ride to work locked her up looked at back wheel and this massive swealing in one spot. Road it to my LBS and it blew up!! Walked rest of way to shop and he said it was because to many miles on the tyre :? But the rest of tyre was fine! New tyre later never happened again. Very strange!

    +1

    Had cuts in tyres that cause bulges and bulges in repaired innertubes that do similar, but what the OP's picture is showing is a severely worn tyre that is getting so thin in some places that the innertube is not longer applying equal pressure all the way round, causing the tyre to become mishapen rather than bulged.
  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    Well - it does look like you can see the tyre threads on the LHS of the picture ...

    But I wouldn't have thought the tyre was compromised like that .. it's more likely to be a mis-seated tyre or twisted tube.
    I once took a wheel back to the LBS when a tyre looked like it was de laminating - the LBS examined it, removed, checked and refitted the tyre&tube and said not to worry - but learn how to fit a tyre in future! :o they were very nice about it - but it's something I should've done first ...
  • xchudy_1325
    xchudy_1325 Posts: 85
    the bike is only two weeks old and only has 200miles under its belt, surely thats far to fast for the tyre to wear so fast?
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  • slowbike
    slowbike Posts: 8,498
    depends if you've been doing skids on it ... ;)
  • xchudy_1325
    xchudy_1325 Posts: 85
    Slowbike wrote:
    depends if you've been doing skids on it ... ;)

    nope, no skids at all
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  • sagefly
    sagefly Posts: 295
    You could have hit a pothole or similar and damaged the structure of the tyre, happened to me on my new bike. Bloody annoying but get a new tyre, the tube should be sound. I rode mine until it popped just about xxxx myself when it went, sounded like a 22 which in Harlesden is a real possibility.
    Turned out nice again!
  • xchudy_1325
    xchudy_1325 Posts: 85
    took it to the bike shop i got it from, and they said it shouldnt have happened so they swapped out both tyres for new ones, least thats a worry of my mind nown
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