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Tyres – bad luck or am I doing something wrong?

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  • January 4, 2017 at 12:28 pm #26620
    Wafty Crank

    Was wiping my bike down after my ride yesterday and I found a nick in the sidewall.  It was only the third ride on the tyre and I’d put it on to replace one that had suffered a similar fate after about 550km.   Does this seem like bad luck, bad tyres or have I got the pressure all wrong (85psi – I’m 77kg)?  Any input greatly appreciated.

     

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  • January 6, 2017 at 6:29 am #884407
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    Wafty Crank

    Thanks for the advice. I’ll
    Thanks for the advice. I’ll try patching them see how they hold.

    January 5, 2017 at 6:00 pm #884405
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    mike the bike

     

     

    I’m with the tyre boot crowd.  I make my own from old tyre sidewalls and, as Matthew says, stick ’em to the inside, overlapping the split by a fair bit.  I’ve never had one let me down.

    I believe the Panaracer is a decent tyre, certainly not one of your £9 specials, so you must just be unlucky.  The only way is up!

    January 5, 2017 at 4:50 pm #884403
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    matthewn5

    Gaffa tape – two layers at

    Gaffa tape – two layers at right angles – also works for those. Put it on the back though.

    January 4, 2017 at 11:31 pm #884401
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    madcarew

    Few tyres are immune to side

    Few tyres are immune to side cuts like that. The question is do they go right through? If they do you can put a boot on the inside of the tyre. I use car innertube patches. They’re thick and effective. Combination of bad luck and the surface you’re riding over, but they don’t have to be binned just because of sidewall nicks.

    January 4, 2017 at 7:54 pm #884399
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    Wafty Crank

    Thanks for the responses.

    Thanks for the responses.  The tyres are Panaracer Gravel Kings (26mm) and I’m riding on asphalt although some of it is fairly debris strewn.  I’ve ridden the same roads on Lifeline Prime Race with no damage (to the tyres but chewing through a few chamios pads when the roads were wet) and changed to Gravel Kings for some extra grip.

    The picture is from my last ride.

    January 4, 2017 at 6:21 pm #884397
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    996ducati

     Panaracer maybe? (Made in

     Panaracer maybe? (Made in Japan)

    January 4, 2017 at 6:12 pm #884395
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    mike the bike

     

     

    What tyres are they Mr Crank?

    January 4, 2017 at 1:51 pm #884393
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    LarryDavidJr

    Pressure won’t make much

    Pressure won’t make much difference to sidewall nicks, it mainly helps prevent snakebite punctures.

    What sort of surfaces are you riding on?  I took my cross bike over the downs a few times and got about three sidewall slices from flints/stones in a month before I decided that was terrain better suited to the MTB.

    January 4, 2017 at 1:02 pm #884391
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    peted76

    Methinks bad luck.
     

    Methinks bad luck.

     

    January 4, 2017 at 12:29 pm #884389
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    Wafty Crank

    This is the tyre…

    These are the tyres…

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