Puncture repair question

Muffin` · 14 May 2014 at 08:36

Can this be repaired safely? It's a W rated rear tyre. Or should I just get a new tyre?

wazza300 · 14 May 2014 at 11:05

Looks too big a puncture for repair to me,best take it in and ask though

Muffin` · 14 May 2014 at 11:16

I've not found any garage willing to do puncture repairs whatsoever, so I'm bending over for the local place to fit a new tyre

bazzabear · 14 May 2014 at 11:35

On cars, they won't repair a puncture if it's too near the shoulder.

On a bike, the entire wheel is kind of shoulder! I wonder what the criteria are therefore?

wazza300 · 14 May 2014 at 11:43

They will repair it,I've had loads plugged,but it has to be near the middle and not near the edge and not too big a hole

swampy · 14 May 2014 at 16:25

Yeah that looks to bad to repair, make sure its a bike shop that looks at it tho (what is it

)
I'm riding around with a plugged rear tyre now ...I got a flat tyre on a brand new michelin pilot road 3 within 200 miles but lucky it was a slow one, (screw outside a job I was working at) I once had a very fast flat front tyre go on me while going down the A40 morning raining going into london , I was on the outside lane and it went flat in 1 second! scary moment , it was a faulty valve. Funny thing was the rac guy was a stunt rider showed me loads of pictures and gave me hes website

edit found him

Terry Cooper good man https://www.facebook.com/coops.stunts

wazza300 · 14 May 2014 at 16:37

I sometimes leave the nail or whatever in,if its only a slow puncture you can squeeze some more life out the tyre

but I am a skinflint

SPG · 15 May 2014 at 12:58

Depends what that is, might have just flattened over and plug will be fine.

Ran trackdays with plugs and 1000mile euro trip, never missed a beat. Just make sure its a bike tyre place and not a kwik fit/halfords type thing.