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I'd guess they're quote think tubes and any wear is bad.
Wear plus off road plus heavy bags sounds like a recipe for disaster. I'd be replacing it I think, when you consider the 'cost' of it failing on your trip, it doesn't seem worth not doing so.
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Why is it wearing? Are the bags moving too much while riding? What can you do to stop said movement?
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I've got a Tortec Ultralite rear rack and the panniers have started to wear the metal in the struts. I've added some wraps of inner tube to stop it getting worse. But how much wear is acceptable - does it risk cracking - anyone got any insights or experience? I'm heading off at the end of May for a month so it would be nice to know it was reliable, and plenty of time to replace it before then.