Longevity of road bike tyres

[carreauchompeur]

I've partly asked the question before, but I notice that there are 2 small cuts on my rear tyre and one on my front- They are schwalbe slicks. The cuts are about 5mm each in the central part of the tyre. Time to replace?

[mchammer89]

Should be fine, a few of my tyres have cuts in them, to be honest you don't need to replace tyres until they're down to the canvas.

[coupeboy]

A rew cuts are ok, as long as they do not go through the canvas.

[carreauchompeur]

Thanks, will hold off a bit. It's only really the front one that would concern me... A puncture there does tend to adversely affect one's handling!!