Subject: Re: [east] Back
From: "Paul R. Luevano"
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 22:20:15 -0400

John Dennis wrote:
>>> > Sunday the goal was to head towards Gettysburg, well a flat
>>> > tire on the XX threw a wrench into those plans. I had worn the
>>> > 020 rear right down
>>
>> Was this the same tire with the cut in it you patched at the RCR?
>> I guess the patch held well if you then wore the tire down during
>> the rest of the trip.


It was.  The "patch" never took.  The cut would open right up a mile down the
road.  Tried several times, with no success, to repair.  I decided to just risk
it and pay attention to it.  Here is the cut when discovered at the RCR:

http://www.clarity.net/~paul/images/temp/rear020cut.jpg

When the tire went flat, I assumed it was the cut, but it was elsewhere.  The
cut was still holding strong.  It looked like I picked up a very sharp rock in
the middle of the tread.  If the tire had more tread, I think it would have been
a non issue, but being bald, the rock just cut right in.  Here is the tire when
I got home:

http://www.clarity.net/~paul/images/temp/rear020.jpg

What is weird is it looked essentially just like that 1000 miles earlier.  Just
goes to show, droning on the highway really has little wear on the tire.
Flipping the bike back on forth on the twisties however...
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