I'd ride it with a boot on a rear wheel, wouldn't risk it up front. You can prob get many miles out of it yet
On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 12:33:49 PM UTC-5 J J wrote: > I wouldn’t risk riding this tire again. I did take a chance once and > learned my lesson—this was with a Rene Herse Antelope Hill (55 mm) > *endurance* casing. In the attached photo, you can see what happened. > Apologies for the blown-out areas, but the main slash—the largest one near > the top, where the tan sidewall meets the black tread—is clearly visible. > It started small but then the tire’s structure basically gave out entirely. > You can also see the tread. This tire hadn’t been ridden much at all. > > Not to derail the original question, but this experience—and other > experiences I’ve had with Rene Herse tires—taught me that I cannot trust > their tires. I place a high value on safety, reliability, and confidence in > my tires, none of which I’ve gotten from these. I say this with full > respect for the company and for the many who love RH tires, but they’re > simply not for me, ever again. > > Jim > > [image: Rene Herse sidewall Large.jpeg] > > On Tuesday, September 16, 2025 at 11:53:52 AM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> Wouldn’t risk riding on that…inconvenient possibly potentially very >> dangerous in another situation >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On Sep 16, 2025, at 8:10 AM, Josiah Anderson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I would probably ride that, although only as a rear tire and only after >> booting it with some Tyvek or casing from an old tire. If I can get a tire >> not to bulge very much with a boot in there I'm pretty comfortable with it. >> That usually involves gluing the boot in securely. >> >> Josiah Anderson >> Tacoma WA >> >> Le mar. 16 sept. 2025 à 7:33 AM, Paul Richardson <[email protected]> a >> écrit : >> >>> it's a 32mm rene herse extra light casing with three small slashes in >>> the sidewall. i'm on the fence as to if it's safe or not and curious what >>> others might do. >>> >>> the picture looks weird because i combined two into one, so that anyone >>> generous enough to respond to this post only has to click once. >>> >>> thanks for any input! >>> >>> paul >>> tkpk >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e2f11765-2e51-4032-940e-120c2a605b01n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/e2f11765-2e51-4032-940e-120c2a605b01n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADqZWjPniwneyT%2Bf-xx9eAYRHms6hFiS4K8GbOb-_4Fpx7ecwg%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CADqZWjPniwneyT%2Bf-xx9eAYRHms6hFiS4K8GbOb-_4Fpx7ecwg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/afd442fb-195c-4047-8345-c37088dd9c6bn%40googlegroups.com.
