Mike Murray

Gluing some Tyvek from an old race number or envelope will fix this for a
while. In fact, I always keep a piece of Tyvek in my spare bag so I can use
it to make a temporary boot in case I get a casing cut out on the road. In
this case no glue is used. You can also make a boot for this using a piece
of an old tire. A tubular tire segment will work well. Regardless, only
use this for training tires and not for racing. Don't use a tire repaired
this way to take turns where a sudden flat will injure someone else.

Mike Murray

-----Original Message-----
From: obra-bounces@list.obra.org [mailto:obra-bounces@list.obra.org] On
Behalf Of Troy Sexton
Sent: Monday, March 09, 2009 20:01 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Fixing tire sidewall damage?

Anybody have some tips for repairing a slice in the sidewall of a
clincher tire? I sliced it open falling off my rollers the other day,
and the tire is nearly new. The tube bulges out of the slice, even
with a standard tire patch over the hole on the inside.

Ideas?

Thanks

Troy
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