Does anyone ever pick the stuff embedded in their tyres?

Dozens of broken glass and gravel up to 1mm across from the Bontrager Race Lite Hardcase tires, some embedded deep inside. though nothing seem to have cut all the way through...

I do though its mostly smaller pieces of glass, packing staples and micro pieces of metal or wire like that found in wire brushes. Some of that lot finds its way to brake shoes as well.

deflate the tyres, then pick out all debris with a fine pair of tweezers.
then fill the holes up with Shoe Goo.
pump up the tyres.

Yes, also the stuffs embedded in my nostrils.

Some of that lot finds its way to brake shoes as well.

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I've mutilated the perfectly good rim with a piece of glass stuck in a brake pad.

When it's really rainy and muddy stuff just sticks to the tires/rims and can find its way to the brakes

I rode through the valley of flint yesterday so will be setting about this sometime today.

I rode through the valley of flint yesterday so will be setting about this sometime today.

how they used to do it

With the tyre off, squeeze the area where soemthing is embedded in an outwards direction and it's much easier to pick the flint/glass/crap out.

I got some rubber cement stuff to use for filling the holes, otherwise they will get bigger over time.

I'm sure I saw this in "Bicycle Fixings and Tings for Dummies".

deflate the tyres, then pick out all debris with a fine pair of tweezers.
then fill the holes up with Shoe Goo.
pump up the tyres.

or superglue, much cheaper as it 'melt' the rubber together.

how they used to do it

Takes me back years as I used to have those on my road bike when you used to roll with tubs ;p

yeah shoe goo is good stuff, i used to use it on some of my bikes, worked very nicely

how they used to do it

Almost completely useless in Berkshire unfortunately.

or superglue, much cheaper as it 'melt' the rubber together.

sorry this is bullshit, something that probably would do this is vulcanizing rubber cement

Is it? I've been doing that for years.

Superglue doesn't melt the rubber together. It glues it. Big difference.

Clue is in the name...

^this

I once rode for a week with a shoe and a large tin of Dax embedded in my front tyre. Was fine.

Bontrager Race Lite Hardcase tires

I think it has a lot to do with the Bontranger tires, I'm running one on the front and it constantly getting stones stuck in it and puncturing whereas my maxxis on the rear has no problems with the small stones! I advise changing your tires to avoid this happening again!

Whenever I change my inner-tube/tyres (fairly regularly) I clean the wheels.

Always check tyres over after ride.

(Usually spin wheel around with glove over surface to knock debris off)

I got a slow rear puncture the other day. Changed the inner tube and still had a slow puncture!?

It was only when I looked at the tyre I found a sizeable shard that had ruptured both innertubes. (Forgot to check that day)

I used a key to flick out the glass.