Domus
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Cleaning the bike today and dug out quite a few tiny flints and pieces of glass from mainly the front tyre. They are Durano DDs so quite tough, however are the cuts worth filling with anything? If so with what?
Tyre cuts and nicks
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Smokin Joe
Legendary Member
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- Bare headed cyclist, Smoker
If they are only small cuts I'd just forget them.
Just fill them with hopes and prayers. Superglue does not work.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
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- Over the Hill
Ride and forget 
raleighnut
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- One of the 'Elite'
As long as they've not cut the carcase threads just forget em.
OP
OP
Domus
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- Sunny Radcliffe
I must admit that was my initial thought.
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12boy
Guru
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- Casper WY USA
Even if a cut perforates a tire it isn't insurmountable if it isn't too large. Make a tire liner from a dollar bill or what you have, patch or replace the tire and you can get home. Little nicks and cuts are inevitable, but still it's a good idea to check your tires if you ride through some sketchy patches before sharp things work their way through the tire.
Heltor Chasca
Out-riding the Black Dog
I tried the superglue thing on a bigger slit. It just hardened and became a bigger man-made flint and caused worse issues. Over the last two weeks I have taken out just under a dozen small flints, twice, from my Durano RGs. No problems.
