Problem with tyre sidewall

sdalby
sdalby Posts: 139
edited April 2013 in Commuting general
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Do you think it'll be a problem if I use this tyre?
It has had a puncture through the sidewall and has left a small gash. I have sealed the inside of the tyre with a patch, but having blown the tube up, it has expanded and bulged slightly at the weak spot.

Do you think the excess pressure will eventually pop the tube completely through the tyre wall?
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  • desweller
    desweller Posts: 5,175
    I don't fancy that. And I'm notoriously tight-fisted when it comes to damaged tyres.
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  • IanLD
    IanLD Posts: 423
    I'd get a new tyre on it before using the bike again. You can temporarily keep a tyre running as a get you home solution with an old section of tyre cut to act as a reinforcing patch, but that's only to get you back.

    Looks like structure of the tyre carcass has been badly damaged and it would fail without warning at proper operating pressure (if it didn't do that when pumping it up).
  • mbthegreat
    mbthegreat Posts: 179
    I'd say that was for the bin.

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