Side Wall Ripped GP5000 - Repairable?
04-26-21, 07:07 PM
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Side Wall Ripped GP5000 - Repairable?
Hi,
My GP5000 side wall ripped and I was wondering if there is a way to fix this up? Or will I need to get new tires...
I bought these relatively recently and they're in like-new condition... I'd hate to have to spend more money to get new tires...
My GP5000 side wall ripped and I was wondering if there is a way to fix this up? Or will I need to get new tires...
I bought these relatively recently and they're in like-new condition... I'd hate to have to spend more money to get new tires...
04-26-21, 07:11 PM
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Toast. I wouldn't ride those again...
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A trip to the ER will be a lot more expensive than a $40 tire. Put a new one on and trash that one, it's done. 
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04-26-21, 07:27 PM
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Yup... it's done.
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04-26-21, 08:13 PM
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What gouged your tire? That really bites!
04-26-21, 08:39 PM
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I would never ride that tire again. Sucks, but it happened to me once and I had exactly 15 miles on the tire. I was going around a corner and there was a piece of metal that I did not see that cut my sidewall.
04-26-21, 10:06 PM
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I had something similar happen on my MTB. I mounted a brand new tire and went on what was supposed to be a quick loop to warm up while I was waiting on the rest of my riding buddies to show up. About 1km from the trailhead, HUGE slash in the sidewall of the tire. Sealant everywhere. Had to put a tube and a big ol boot in it just to make it back to the car...Stuff happens...
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This is an opportunity to buy a better tire.
04-27-21, 06:23 AM
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To be clear, you can in fact fix that, but it is nearly always not worth the effort/risk. New tire time!
04-27-21, 06:38 AM
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To be clear, you can in fact fix that, but it is nearly always not worth the effort/risk. New tire time!
04-27-21, 06:45 AM
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04-27-21, 10:12 AM
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Tires are a consumable. Don't buy tires you can't afford to replace. However they are only 35 dollars at several places, which isn't expensive.
I sometimes wait till they offer free shipping. But you can also just order enough to get free shipping. New tires and tubes I keep on the shelf at home.
I sometimes wait till they offer free shipping. But you can also just order enough to get free shipping. New tires and tubes I keep on the shelf at home.
04-27-21, 04:18 PM
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To be clear, you can in fact fix that, but it is nearly always not worth the effort/risk. New tire time!
Holy crap....pushing a needle through jeans is tough, I can't imagine having to push a needle through a sidewall.....mark that as a nope....
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04-28-21, 02:37 PM
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I had two different GP5000s get sidewall rips. The second one I have no idea how. I stopped at a store and when I came back out it was ripped. I switched to Gatorskins.
04-28-21, 02:42 PM
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Sorry. That tire is done.
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04-28-21, 03:28 PM
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If you were in an emergency (in the desert, had no phone, etc) you could shove a folded bank note (euro, dollar, pound, etc.) to cover the gash. It could get you home, where you can then get your money back out of the wheel and put it towards a new tyre.
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04-28-21, 07:45 PM
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I've tossed tyres with far less damage.
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To be clear, you can in fact fix that, but it is nearly always not worth the effort/risk. New tire time!
Before any other thread readers get any ideas...It should go with out saying that a repaired tire should never be used on the front, nor should it be inflated to a very "high" pressure, for obvious reasons. Let good sense prevail.
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GP5000s apparently have thin weak sidewalls, just as their forebear, the GP4000s. I had terrible luck with sidewall rips with GP4000s, including one that went on something like the 2nd or 3rd ride on that tire. I stopped riding the GP4000s for that reason. But, go figure, now I ride and love the GP5000s, and have never had a sidewall issue. I know, now I've jinxed myself, so don't tell anybody I just said that, ok?
