Ok, I'm getting ready to put new a rear tire on my road bike for the 2nd time in the last week. Yes, I keep buying the same tire but let me explain. I ride on Michelin Krylion Carbons because they're rated well for their toughness yet they're not tanks. I commute on this bike as well as do fast group rides, training, century, whatever. I have over 2400 miles on my front and 1500 on the rear but the rear got slashed last week by a freak accident with a metal washer that my front kicked up.
So, I replaced the tire. $43. Rode on it a week. Bam. Glass shard cut through the rubber and now I have a 1/4 gash down to the kevlar or whatever with a little 1/16" "bulge" if you run your finger over the tire. Tube did not pop though, so no flat. LBS guy says the tire is a time bomb now. One week I got on this tire!!
What do you guys do? When you get these cuts that seem to go all the way through the pure rubber part of your tire do you fill them in with something? Throw the tire away and spend another $43?
So, I replaced the tire. $43. Rode on it a week. Bam. Glass shard cut through the rubber and now I have a 1/4 gash down to the kevlar or whatever with a little 1/16" "bulge" if you run your finger over the tire. Tube did not pop though, so no flat. LBS guy says the tire is a time bomb now. One week I got on this tire!!
What do you guys do? When you get these cuts that seem to go all the way through the pure rubber part of your tire do you fill them in with something? Throw the tire away and spend another $43?