After Sundays ride to the coast on 84 and various roads I discovered the
rear Sportec split on the left side off of center. Close examination
revealed (in my opinion) that the tire cracked from stress. It looks close
to a scalloping effect. No obvious cuts or gouges from a foreign object. By
direction and driving hard out of left turns the tire simply broke--and deep
too.

The meat has maybe a 1000 miles on it. This may be one freak incident. I
have not heard of others failing this way. Check your rubbers for ga[
^ ]ping holes just in case.

waxxer wrote:
> After Sundays ride to the coast on 84 and various roads I discovered the
> rear Sportec split on the left side off of center. Close examination
> revealed (in my opinion) that the tire cracked from stress. It looks close
> to a scalloping effect. No obvious cuts or gouges from a foreign object. By
> direction and driving hard out of left turns the tire simply broke--and deep
> too.

waxxer... please post a pic... I'd like to see the extent of damage...

Larry L
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