How Long do you reckon i can ride around on this ture with a tire boot applied?
05-31-16, 05:37 PM
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How Long do you reckon i can ride around on this ture with a tire boot applied?
So yeah... took some literally brand new tires out on these Colorado roads a couple days back and a huge gash was ripped into the sidewall... applied a parktools tire boot to it... was wondering how long i can ride the tire kr how long is the usual amount of life?
05-31-16, 05:42 PM
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Until the tire lets the tube out. If it's a small cut probably until the tire wears out. If it's large trash it. If you do run it put it on the back.
05-31-16, 06:12 PM
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I've had a dollar bill holding my front tire together for 8 months. Granted, at least three months had that bike out of service in favor of winter bikes. But she's out and going strong now.
05-31-16, 07:17 PM
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Don't ride any farther than you are willing to walk back. You might make it last for a year, or it might fail tomorrow. I'd get a new tire.
06-01-16, 11:53 AM
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been riding on it the past two days... yesterday got caught out in a hellacious rain storn that we had here in Colorado... yeesh, i was wondering if I was gonna get stranded in the rain/hail... lol, but that boit did me good... totally held up. So i was contemplating getting a new tire, but now i just don't know.
06-01-16, 02:33 PM
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I think you are just riding on borrowed time...I would change it before anything serious happens while riding.
06-01-16, 04:36 PM
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Boots are meant as a temporary measure to get you home, kind of like those donut spare tired on cars.
Replace the tire...
Replace the tire...
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06-01-16, 04:46 PM
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Getting older and slower!
But that said, I cut and had to boot a tire on vacation this year. No nearby bike shop had a tire to fit my Bike Friday, so I continued to ride it almost 300 miles, replacing it when I got home. (I boot with two layers of duct tape, which I carry wrapped around my CO2 cartridge.)
