"I read on one of the cycling forums (perhaps BikeForums.net or RoadBikeReview.com, I forget) the interesting suggestion that small tears (splits, rips, dings, whatever you call those tiny incisions that mung up the tread but don't expose the plies or tube) can be repaired by squirting a tiny amount of Krazy Glue (or was it Super Glue?) into the crack & then deflating the tire slightly until the glue dries.

Now, I have *never* heard a suggestion like this before, so my hooey detectors were humming. Bu t tonight during a routine inspection of my bike I was aghast (aghast, I tell you!) at how many small nicks I've put into my tires after a relatively short period of time. I've got 823 miles on this set of Conti Attack/Force tires and there are already n early a dozen small (generally between 1/8"" & 1/4"") nicks in each tire! And before these I had Hutchinson Fusions which only got 1820 miles before they were so populated with these tiny rips the LBS deemed them unsafe to ride on. (Possible ulterior motive of the LBS being a topic for a separate thread, please.)

So, Krazy Glue? Is that...Krazy??"