Beautiful day until...

[midway]

I got nailed in my new Michie Flatter than a fifteen year old. Where's my plug kit damit.

 

[vicenzajay]

Man, I'm sorry! that sucks...

 

[midway]

Man, I'm sorry! that sucks...

Just another tricky day man The extreme angle that crazy long nail pierced actually helped the plug. Already heading back out to run it in.
Hey did you know... "If tire flat, bike weigh twice as much"
I think Confucius said that

 

[TPEHAK]

I successfully fixed my rear flat tire with automotive flat tire kit and have already about 1000 miles on it, but in my case the screw was nailed right in the thread groove, so the patch is not under disturbing while riding and sits pretty safe in the groove.

 

[vicenzajay]

At least twice as much....

 

[midway]

It's holding... and it doesn't even look that bad after a few miles.

 

[Silverrider]

I picked up a thin pointed rock on a 200 mile new tire rear bottom center, plugged it held fine. :up:

 

[midway]

The rope plugs are nasty but apparently effective. Used them several times on car tires. A 1/8" drill bit to rem out the hole first makes it easier. I don't use balance beads because I anticipate needing a rope plug. I wonder if my wheel is out of balance now.

 

[user_deleted]

It's holding... and it doesn't even look that bad after a few miles.

rob: for peace of mind, your health and reliability i would still remove the wheel, strip tire from rim and have local tire shop "hot patch" it. tried and proven method, only costs a few bucks and will restore pressure holding reliability that lasts the life of the tire. i never trust a "plug" for anything more than a convenient temporary fix.
having recommended that with your SAFETY in mind....let's now have all the drones chime in with "plugged hundreds of tires with nary a problem".

 

[MakingPAIN]

I am with him ^^^^ just a temp fix on a road bike.. I would get it done by a shop.. if it was my truck I would just rock it though lol

 

[njloco]

Since being out of riding bikes for 22 years and, only coming back a few years ago, when you say " hot patch " John, what is a hot patch ? I know they used to take the tire off and patch from the inside but, I remember that being a cold patch with no heat applied ? It looked to me like a tube patch but used on the inside of a tube less tire.

I guess I should add that, yes I plugged a brand new tire on my Triumph Explorer and , road it with no problems for over11K however, I do use Ride-On in all of my tires.

I do agree with patching from the inside !

 

[midway]

rob: for peace of mind, your health and reliability i would still remove the wheel, strip tire from rim and have local tire shop "hot patch" it. tried and proven method, only costs a few bucks and will restore pressure holding reliability that lasts the life of the tire. i never trust a "plug" for anything more than a convenient temporary fix.
having recommended that with your SAFETY in mind....let's now have all the drones chime in with "plugged hundreds of tires with nary a problem".

Agreed... this thing is going to bug me. I need to check bearings anyway, going to make sure the spacer hasn't been over torqued as you warned in another thread, I believe it was you. That understanding of how the bearings are installed and loaded on the spacer was priceless and probably hard to read between the lines in the SM... thanks for that John.

 

[MakingPAIN]

Hope your back doing this in no time... beautiful day...

 

[BuellyBagger]

rob: for peace of mind, your health and reliability i would still remove the wheel, strip tire from rim and have local tire shop "hot patch" it. tried and proven method, only costs a few bucks and will restore pressure holding reliability that lasts the life of the tire. i never trust a "plug" for anything more than a convenient temporary fix.
having recommended that with your SAFETY in mind....let's now have all the drones chime in with "plugged hundreds of tires with nary a problem".

I absolutely agree. In fact, the way i drive i don't even trust just a plug for very long on my truck tires. (The way i drive my truck is load it like a rail car and drive it like a race car FYI)