Sidewall splits - part II

A couple of weeks back I asked if & how I could fix a Conti GP3000 and a Gatorskin both with small
sidewall splits. Well It seems I've done it. With Bison superglue. They both seem fine now (even at
120psi) although I would't trust them for racing.

Russell

 

Russell wrote:
> A couple of weeks back I asked if & how I could fix a Conti GP3000 and a Gatorskin both with small
> sidewall splits. Well It seems I've done it. With Bison superglue. They both seem fine now (even
> at 120psi) although I would't trust them for racing.

How big were the splits again?

Superglue can sometimes be ok for some tiny cuts but I would not risk it on major sidewall damage -
or for ANY sidewall damage on _Conti_ tyres. May look alright now but they could come open at any
moment whilst riding.

I've has varying success superglueing small cuts on Vittoria Open Corsa's (130psi) - repairs towards
edge of tread seem to work better than middle. Fortunately, the sidewalls on these are mega strong
so hopefully I'll never suffer any of the nightmares so many Conti users have experienced.

~PB

 

Pete Biggs <pLime{remove_fruit}@biggs.tc> wrote in message
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> Russell wrote:
> > A couple of weeks back I asked if & how I could fix a Conti GP3000 and a Gatorskin both with
> > small sidewall splits. Well It seems I've done it. With Bison superglue. They both seem fine now
> > (even at 120psi) although I would't trust them for racing.
>
> How big were the splits again?
>
> Superglue can sometimes be ok for some tiny cuts but I would not risk it on major sidewall damage
> - or for ANY sidewall damage on _Conti_ tyres. May look alright now but they could come open at
> any moment whilst riding.
>
> I've has varying success superglueing small cuts on Vittoria Open Corsa's (130psi) - repairs
> towards edge of tread seem to work better than middle. Fortunately, the sidewalls on these are
> mega strong so hopefully I'll never suffer any of the nightmares so many Conti users have
> experienced.
>
> ~PB
>
>

I'd say they were both splits about 5 mil in length. Certainly enough to cause quite a bulge when
the tyres were inflated to 100psi let alone 120. You really seem to have it in for Conti's - Apart
from these latest problems I've found them to be fine.

Russell

 

Russell wrote:
> You really seem to have it in for Conti's - Apart from these latest problems I've found them to
> be fine.

Of course not every user will have problems with every tyre, but look how many reports of sidewall
failures are from Continental users. It's disproportionate.

~PB