Slashed Tire

[MattieG]

Looking for some advice folks. Came back from a weekend in London to find my rear tire had been slashed, but the dick who did it didn't do a very good job.

Ive attached a couple of photos. Is the tire still safe or do I need to replace it?

Cheers guys.

[johnsmith222]

I would personally ride on it as it doesn't look deep at all. There's an inner liner that keeps all the air in, then some mesh stuff on top of that.

It'll be fine.

[warped one]

Can you see the white threads?
Why would someone do it to your bike?

slashed tyres are a black spot to me, but i'd say definitely take it to a dealer to be checked.

You post requires more questions than answers to me like:
Is it tubeless?
How deep is it?
How wide is it?

The reason I ask is because I had a rear tyre slashed by an ex of my ex which was thin but deep and rendered a new tyre useless.

Try open it up and see if you can see threads. But as always if your unsure don't ride it unless you have too and take it to the nearest dealer possible for a proper examination.
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[c_dug]

What tyre is this?

I had an identical slash across a tyre on my GPZ a while back. I rode on it until the tyre needed replacing.

Pretty convinced it is a fault with the tyre and not a slash though.
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[Acemastr]

highly doubt that's someone slashing, you may have run over something a bit odd, or caught the tarmac in such a way, i've seen little miniature cuts very similar on my old tyre. should be fine mate, just watch tread levels.
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[DrDonnyBrago]

It just looks like it has dented it?

If it is properly slashed then by all means get it checked, although being a tyre salesman the mech will of course recommend you change it.

I'd probably ride it, but then I can't really see it too well in the photos, it barely looks cut.

[ThoughtContro...]

To me it looks like you ran over a piece of barbed wire that left an imprint. It doesn't look slashed at all
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