I had a flat about 8 miles from home yesterday and had to ride the bike home. The tire is an almost new slick that I use on my mountains bike hybrid. The ride home was slow (10mph) and as gentle as I could manage. The tire has some 'markings' on the sidewall from the stress of the ride but seems OK otherwise. Question: Have I done significant damage to the tire and does it need to be replaced? thanks, rick
rick fetters wrote: > I had a flat about 8 miles from home yesterday and had to ride the bike home. The tire is an > almost new slick that I use on my mountains bike hybrid. The ride home was slow (10mph) and as > gentle as I could manage. The tire has some 'markings' on the sidewall from the stress of the ride > but seems OK otherwise. Question: Have I done significant damage to the tire and does it need to > be replaced? I can't say if you've damaged your tire, but I have ridden a similar distance on a flat and continued to use the tire afterwards with no apparent harm.
On 1 Feb 2004 18:43:33 -0800, [email protected] (rick fetters) may have said: >I had a flat about 8 miles from home yesterday and had to ride the bike home. The tire is an almost >new slick that I use on my mountains bike hybrid. The ride home was slow (10mph) and as gentle as I >could manage. The tire has some 'markings' on the sidewall from the stress of the ride but seems OK >otherwise. Question: Have I done significant damage to the tire and does it need to be replaced? >thanks, rick The tube can't help but have been trashed, but there's a really good chance that the tire is usable. Put a new tube in it, carefully air it to max rated inflation and inspect closely the next morning. If there aren't any bulges or wierd wobblies, I think you're probably good to go. (Maybe it's time to carry a spare tube on your rides?) -- My email address is antispammed; pull WEEDS if replying via e-mail. Yes, I have a killfile. If I don't respond to something, it's also possible that I'm busy. Words processed in a facility that contains nuts.