Looking after new tyres

littledove44
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Following a recommendation on this forum I bought some gp4000s. Seem great, a little quicker than I had before, but what do I know?
Anyway, in prep for this weekends big ride I had a close look at them. Still smooth and unmarked after 200 miles, but there are half a dozen small holes. Quite round, and perhaps 1mm in diameter. Like a grain of sand has been embedded and fallen out.
Should I do anything? This weekends ride is very important as it's for charity and a puncture would spoil my day.
I have read you can fill little holes with superglue. Good idea?
Thanks.
Anyway, in prep for this weekends big ride I had a close look at them. Still smooth and unmarked after 200 miles, but there are half a dozen small holes. Quite round, and perhaps 1mm in diameter. Like a grain of sand has been embedded and fallen out.
Should I do anything? This weekends ride is very important as it's for charity and a puncture would spoil my day.
I have read you can fill little holes with superglue. Good idea?
Thanks.
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just pick out any embedded bits of sharp stuff, otherwise leave alone
small cuts don't matter, any large+deep enough to causing bulging or the allow the tube to poke through require either a tyre boot (internal reinforcement patch) or binning the tyremy bike - faster than god's and twice as shiny0 -
Are these the holes that Continental have in the tyre to judge wear?0
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Just a thought, I have just fitted the same tyres to a bike. Is it possible that these holes are the wear indicators, as mine have these and the holes a maybe 1 mm or a bit bigger? The sidewall has the mark "TW" in line with these holes.0
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They're the tyre-wear 'checkers'.Cycling weakly0
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DaveM399 wrote:Just a thought, I have just fitted the same tyres to a bike. Is it possible that these holes are the wear indicators, as mine have these and the holes a maybe 1 mm or a bit bigger? The sidewall has the mark "TW" in line with these holes.
I will pop out to the garage and check.0 -
That's definitely it, thanks. Two symmetrical holes on each tyre. TWI on both sides of the sidewall, directly opposite.
You live and learn.0