Kai: if the blowout was due to tire defect and not to user-supplied damage, I'd check with Schwalbe or their distributor about a warranty replacement. I got a new pair of Kojaks when I discovered that those I'd bought second hand had (this is weird but it's true) untold excesses of bead wire that would somehow gradually appear inside the casing to puncture the tube. The distributor (forget who or where or how) made me supply photos of damage and serial numbers but quickly supplied a new pair.
Looking more closely at your post: I'd still consider it worth a try. After all, aren't they made for rough duty use On Tue, Mar 12, 2013 at 12:54 PM, Kai Vierstra <kaiviers...@gmail.com> wrote: > So, I've got a newish Schwalbe Supreme in the back that blew out yesterday. > It's got a very clean looking fissure on the sidewall about a half inch long > perpendicular to the tire bead. It was so clean I was wondering if it might > be some sort of delamination/error but considering the grossness I ride > through everyday I can't make that assumption. Anybody experience this > without the possibility of it being from an abrasion? > What I'm wondering is if I'm nuts for wanting to try and fix it by > laminating something to the inside of the tire. And if I'm not crazy, what > my best adhesive choice would be. I'm not really bothered by oddities in my > ride, a slight bumping that might occur wouldn't bother me that much if I > can get the mileage out of the tire that I know it's capable of delivering. > Is it possible? Will your collective wisdom demand I just get a new tire? > Should I stick to supremes if that's the case? I got this tire in December > because I needed it and I also needed the bump up to $300 to get my new > custom rafflebike. My last Supreme had a lot of miles on it and I would > often brag that flats were a thing of the past. Now I'm shaken. What to > do? Also, I'm relatively poor with hopes of some big purchases in the > future for the good of my bike and the world, that's why repair was my first > thought. > Thanks! > -Kai > > -- > 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- __________________________________________________________________________ BUSINESS BUILDING COME-ON!! $300 off a $600 resume + letter or Linked In profile package with referral that leads to full price sale! Refer two full-pay clients and you get the package for free! I am not cheap, but I am very good. So they say. Patrick Moore, Ph.D, MBA, ACRW, Albuquerque, NM, USA http://resumespecialties.com/index.html * patrickmo...@resumespecialties.com __________________________________________________________________________ -- 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 rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en-US. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
