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Can this tire be saved?
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Arnold Ziffel
Finally riding a big boys bike
You are joking, right??
I do get that you delight in having ancient original equipment or ancient period correct replacements that are nearly as old as the bicycle. I AM TELLING YOU THAT A TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE AN IDIOT AND CONTINUE RIDING A TOO OLD, CRACKED TIRE THAT IS NO LONGER WISE OR SAFE TO ATTEMPT TO RIDE AND YOU'LL DESERVE THE BODINE BONEHEAD OF THE YEAR AWARD. WHAT IS GONNA BE EVEN WORSE IS THE $@#% HOSPITAL BILL AND THE LOSS OF MOBILITY , AND PAIN FOR ONLY A PERIOD OF TIME, IF YOU'RE LUCKY!!!
You are smarter than Jethro Bodine!
Perhaps you can attempt to save that ancient garbage US ROYAL tire for BICYCLE DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY!!
Exhibit Display of the Bicycle, and NOT FOR RIDING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!
For that (DISPLAY USE ONLY), you could try a combination of both SHOE GOO -and- FLEX SEAL LIQUID RUBBER.
You can probably find both products at most Wal-mart stores.
Flex Seal is that stuff that you've seen undoubtably being hawked on television for the past five or six years with the same pitchman doing all the commercials........screen boat....and underwater patching with the Flex Seal line of products. I wouldn't even guess if that stuff would securely patch it to ride, but you'd be a D. A. if you were to try to ride that tire again under any circumstances!!( D. A. doesn't stand for District Attorney..._)
Shoe Goo has been around since the SEVENTIES and it was at one time extremely popular with Marathon runners and long distance joggers-runners in building back up the worn sole areas of their running shoes in order to save money on costly running shoe replacement. It made the soles serviceable for many more miles. Shoe Goo is relatively inexpensive at approximate $5 or so in the shoe dept at Wal-mart. It comes in a large tube bigger than a large toothpaste tube. It has very nasty fumes like the best contact rubber cement, but perhaps more so, so you want to be outside or with open windows and ventillation. The stuff is really useable to McGyver many things, such as weather sealing something or for running shoe or tennis shoe sole buildup or crack repair by spreading a glob of Shoe Goo. Though the tube is quite large, you won't get multiple uses from the tube due to the nature of the stuff. Plan a large enough work area and try to think how you'll proceed because if you don't, that stuff can get sticky and it dries faster than you'd think........be careful with the fumes or you could get higher than a kite if you don't have adequate ventillation.
My guess is that a build up of some Shoe Goo both inside tire crack and the exterior crack of tire would be the first start followed by some version of BLACK color FLEX SEAL LIQUID RUBBER on top of the Shoe Goo. You might find that doesn't work or you need to do something else, but that might get you where it is passable for Visual DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY-----Not For Any Riding... Heck, they should pay you and put you on the dang tv commercials for FLEX SEAL if you do get a repair on that tire....... I can see the pitchman: "Hey we got this crazy kay-ber with this 1939 bicycle and its original made in usa US ROYAL tire that looks beyond repair......who the heck would dare ride this 82 year old tire repaired with FLEX SEAL down this steep hill.......look it is Crazy Stan the Looney Ancient bike man who is trusting his life to FLEX SEAL holding the 82 year old tire together.......the paramedics and Life Flight Helicopter Ambulance are standing by in case something goes wrong but hey look Flex Seal did it and Crazy Stan rode the 82 year old tire down the steep hill successfully with out any problems....we don't suggest that you trust your life to 82 year old tires repaired with Flex Seal but if anything can help repair them, you can count on Flex Seal...."
Seriously, don't attempt to ride on such cracked trash tires!!! So much is riding on those tires--------YOU!!
Just like aged food that is no longer fit for human consumption, so to are consumables like tires that are so old and cracked, even if the overall tread wear that is exhibited is minimal given the age of said tire!
I do get that you delight in having ancient original equipment or ancient period correct replacements that are nearly as old as the bicycle. I AM TELLING YOU THAT A TRIP TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM VISIT BECAUSE YOU HAD TO BE AN IDIOT AND CONTINUE RIDING A TOO OLD, CRACKED TIRE THAT IS NO LONGER WISE OR SAFE TO ATTEMPT TO RIDE AND YOU'LL DESERVE THE BODINE BONEHEAD OF THE YEAR AWARD. WHAT IS GONNA BE EVEN WORSE IS THE $@#% HOSPITAL BILL AND THE LOSS OF MOBILITY , AND PAIN FOR ONLY A PERIOD OF TIME, IF YOU'RE LUCKY!!!
You are smarter than Jethro Bodine!
Perhaps you can attempt to save that ancient garbage US ROYAL tire for BICYCLE DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY!!
Exhibit Display of the Bicycle, and NOT FOR RIDING UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!
For that (DISPLAY USE ONLY), you could try a combination of both SHOE GOO -and- FLEX SEAL LIQUID RUBBER.
You can probably find both products at most Wal-mart stores.
Flex Seal is that stuff that you've seen undoubtably being hawked on television for the past five or six years with the same pitchman doing all the commercials........screen boat....and underwater patching with the Flex Seal line of products. I wouldn't even guess if that stuff would securely patch it to ride, but you'd be a D. A. if you were to try to ride that tire again under any circumstances!!( D. A. doesn't stand for District Attorney..._)
Shoe Goo has been around since the SEVENTIES and it was at one time extremely popular with Marathon runners and long distance joggers-runners in building back up the worn sole areas of their running shoes in order to save money on costly running shoe replacement. It made the soles serviceable for many more miles. Shoe Goo is relatively inexpensive at approximate $5 or so in the shoe dept at Wal-mart. It comes in a large tube bigger than a large toothpaste tube. It has very nasty fumes like the best contact rubber cement, but perhaps more so, so you want to be outside or with open windows and ventillation. The stuff is really useable to McGyver many things, such as weather sealing something or for running shoe or tennis shoe sole buildup or crack repair by spreading a glob of Shoe Goo. Though the tube is quite large, you won't get multiple uses from the tube due to the nature of the stuff. Plan a large enough work area and try to think how you'll proceed because if you don't, that stuff can get sticky and it dries faster than you'd think........be careful with the fumes or you could get higher than a kite if you don't have adequate ventillation.
My guess is that a build up of some Shoe Goo both inside tire crack and the exterior crack of tire would be the first start followed by some version of BLACK color FLEX SEAL LIQUID RUBBER on top of the Shoe Goo. You might find that doesn't work or you need to do something else, but that might get you where it is passable for Visual DISPLAY PURPOSES ONLY-----Not For Any Riding... Heck, they should pay you and put you on the dang tv commercials for FLEX SEAL if you do get a repair on that tire....... I can see the pitchman: "Hey we got this crazy kay-ber with this 1939 bicycle and its original made in usa US ROYAL tire that looks beyond repair......who the heck would dare ride this 82 year old tire repaired with FLEX SEAL down this steep hill.......look it is Crazy Stan the Looney Ancient bike man who is trusting his life to FLEX SEAL holding the 82 year old tire together.......the paramedics and Life Flight Helicopter Ambulance are standing by in case something goes wrong but hey look Flex Seal did it and Crazy Stan rode the 82 year old tire down the steep hill successfully with out any problems....we don't suggest that you trust your life to 82 year old tires repaired with Flex Seal but if anything can help repair them, you can count on Flex Seal...."
Seriously, don't attempt to ride on such cracked trash tires!!! So much is riding on those tires--------YOU!!
Just like aged food that is no longer fit for human consumption, so to are consumables like tires that are so old and cracked, even if the overall tread wear that is exhibited is minimal given the age of said tire!
boot it
should be fine
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Boris
Old fat tired rider
Got it! You want to hide the tear so you can stick the tire on a bike that you're going to sell. Don't worry, your secret's safe with me.
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49autocycledeluxe
Riding a '38 Autocycle Deluxe
If I really liked that tire for whatever reason on a 50 pound vintage bicycle with caged ball bearings throughout and 40 PSI tires I'd patch the inside, put it on the back and ride past Arnold's house and ring my bell loudly every time I took it out of the garage.
Ernbar
I live for the CABE
You guys crack me up!
Freqman1
Riding a '37 Dayton Super Streamline
In literature does this qualify as a short story?
friendofthedevil
Finally riding a big boys bike
Okay, so we'll just mark you down as 'undecided'.
