I think a tube patch and superglue would hold that together. I would do it from the inside and see if it holds air once the superglue dries. If it doesn't work then you haven't lost anything except some superglue and time. I have never tried it but heard it works good for sidewall holes.
shredded Ralph, now what?
Last night's ride was great except something reached up and bit my front tire. Tubeless brew of stan's and Slime didn't seem to work, although all of the stans was dried up when I took the tire off today. Can I repair this, or am I in the market for a new $75 tire?
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Sewing the cut with some nylon thread, then gluing a big fiber reinforced rubber patch (cut from an old tire's sidewall) to the inner surface with some good waterproof elastic glue (not a CA glue!) worked fine for me when I cut my Michelin WildGripr's sidewall. I also applied some glue to the external side of the seam to protect the thread and seam from water and dust.
Of course I wouldn't have bothered if the tire had already been worn enough, but it was almost new, so I decided to try to repair it.
So far it's been good for a couple hundred miles, still tubeless with Stan's. No deformations, bulges, etc.
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Of course I wouldn't have bothered if the tire had already been worn enough, but it was almost new, so I decided to try to repair it.
So far it's been good for a couple hundred miles, still tubeless with Stan's. No deformations, bulges, etc.
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