See photos -- these tires are less than a year old and the sidewalls seem to be breaking where they touch the rim. Just a cosmetic issue or am I risking a blow-out? Thanks!
See photos -- these tires are less than a year old and the sidewalls seem to be breaking where they touch the rim. Just a cosmetic issue or am I risking a blow-out? Thanks!
6 Comments
BradleyUffner@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
That looks like stress damage from extended use while under-inflated. Are you keeping them within the designed pressure rating of the tire? Do you check before every ride?
nils@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
They are rated 50psi max, but I had tried running them as low as 30psi for a cushy ride for a while. Wasn't sure how low is too low. Maybe more of a problem because my inner rim width is only 19mm for these 50mm tires? Still within spec but on the narrow end for sure.
theplanlessman@feddit.uk · 1 pts · 2y
Throwing some guesstimated numbers into SILCA's tyre pressure calculator, it seems you should be running them somewhere around 27/28 PSI. 3 PSI seems dangerously low.
nils@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 2y
Sorry, that was a typo! 30psi is what I meant to write.
Jerb322@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Are your break pads rubbing? Doesn't look "bad" yet But I'd be a little worried about it, and keep an eye on it.
lol_idk@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
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