I would not ride on that moving backward either.
Exactly 🧠
for your own safety, just in case, yes replace the tire.
Yes you should replace the bike
That casing has failed. Given the symmetrical wear line around the tire, I suspect your brake pads are too high and are rubbing in your tire.
If you like your collarbones where they are, get a new tire.
And teeth
But say I'm relaxed about collarbones and teeth, is it OK?
Yes. High risk of sudden catastrophic failure. Replace with a new tyre before riding.
On another note, find somewhere else to store your darts. Leaving them in the board isn't the best practice and in theory can damage it.😁
It's another hobby of mine. (If it wasn't obvious from my username lol)
Looks troubling to me. That tire would have me constantly worried and that worry would interfere with the pleasure of riding. Replace the tire.
Thanks all, figured it's not reliable at the very least. Will take it to Trek or an LBS tomorrow for a replacement.
If you're new to riding, while you're there ask them to *teach* you how to change it, and buy a patch/inflation kit. Flats happen. Knowing how to fix them is an important skill for a cyclist.
2nd that - I presume that’s a clincher (aka tube inside). Those are super duper easy to change. Just need 2 cheap tire levers, a new tire, prob don’t even need a new tube and a floor pump with a presta attachment.
If you ride with any regularity, just easier to do yourself and avoid the LBS. They can be busy, charge you money, sometimes I don’t like how they handle my bike, they’ll sometimes ask you to leave it overnight.
Should take you 5 mins
It's unlikely the guys at the bike shop will actually take the time to teach customers how to do the repairs they would otherwise make money on. Besides, there are loads of repair videos on Youtube to learn from.
I’m kind of a lazy mechanic. I simply give a tire lever to the customer and have them sit next to me while I do other work so I can babysit them through the process while being productive.
She’s gonna blow!!!!
100% yes asap
We should have a sticky on this sub. If you don't know anything about tires and something about your tire looks wrong to you, it's definitely done.
You should only ride on this if you are an idiot, or a masochist. Otherwise, fix it now.
if you think anything might be bad or going bad on a bike, it's better to replace it ASAP regardless.
It depends on if it's a tube I can see there sticking out. If it is then repair or replace the tyre,yes.
That tire is toast. Will just get worse. Just replace it.
yup
Are you on rim brakes? Double check that they aren’t rubbing the tire sidewalls, or this will keep happening. It could also be a bad tire as others said.
Yer good.
Imagine you have a tear in a seam of your T-shirt. You keep using the shirt. You keep pulling it on and off, you move in it. The fabric moves. Often the tear will propagate.
The casing of a bicycle tire is fabric. That thing is under continuous tension from the air pressure. It flexes every time it goes over a bump. That tear is going to propagate.
Yes.
Small bulge at the rim, other than that the tire is fine. About 2 years old, probably has 1,000 miles on it by now. Do I need to replace? Thanks!
dude, that thing is going to go 100% tango uniform at the WORST possible moment. I had something close to that give way INSIDE my office, and hadn't noticed it til it failed completely. Freaking LOUD too. It gave me and my counterparts in the cube farm quite the fright. Luckily wasn't on the road.
Release the air from it ASAP, and then replace. Do not ride on it again.
Dude 1006% tango man in the cube farm bro.
I was just happy nobody complained. I liked storing my bike under the worktop of my standing cube at that job. It was like a security blanket or pet.
I used to store my Brompton under my workbench. Then my company decides all personal possessions need to be outside the soundproof work area. So I have to unfold it and put it outside in the rain and snow.
Dude, that sucks. I straight up get separation anxiety just hearing that, not to mention the concerns of leaving it out in the weather? Here's hoping you get better options.
I have now. I got sacked.
Ah. Sorry, (or not if they sucked)
2 years! Yeah get some fresh rubber
Yeah dude fresh rubber me!
Don't threaten me with a good time!
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I would not ride on that moving forward, the risk of catastrophic failure is too high in comparison to just getting a new tyre 🙏