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What is are peoples opinion of getting patched or plugged vs replacing at 2200 miles.
I plugged a tire and put 1800 miles on it... Then tubed it and road the tire till it had 3/32 of tread left: It's all what your comfortable with. I used a self vulcanizing plug till I opted for the tube.
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My question would be how many people posting in this thread have ever had a tire go flat wile riding? How many of those tires where tubless? How many of them ever self distructed, lost all the air at once, just went flat all at once?
The fact is if you put a plug in it and that plug fails you will loose air slowly, not all at once, you will feel a squishy feeling when you turn, maybe a little wonder, thats when you pull over to the side of the road, get off of the bike, look at each tire to determine that it is infact a going flat tire, once you determine that is the problem, you reach into your saddle bag, tour pack, whatever and pull out your can of fix a flat pump up the tire and head to a fix it shop, assuming the tire is sound, no defects from the factery that tire will not self distruct just because of a plug, but as the poster above said, don't take the chance, send the tire to me and I will put my life on the line for you and test it myself.
Just last weekend I got a flat on my rear tire, tube type, I dumped a bottle of slime in it, pumped it up, road it home, road it the next day, then it started going flat again so I took it to the shop and had them put mag wheels on it and went tubless so I could make sure it was fixable on the side of the road!
Terry
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exactly why i carry a plug and tools with me all the time,and other unfortunate bikers have reaped the rewards of my plug kit out on the super slab!!!!
I agree - replace, I had the same thing happen only a little over 4,000 miles on the back tire. If you ride 2 up get a new one. I look at it this way, when you use the repair kit that is only good enough to get you to a place to get a new tire. Ride safe.
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Depends. I had a brand new rear tire get a screw in it that pierced the tube. Had the tube replaced and the tire patched. With tubeless, that could be another situation. I've got 12K on the tire since the patch.
My question would be how many people posting in this thread have ever had a tire go flat wile riding? How many of those tires where tubless? How many of them ever self distructed, lost all the air at once, just went flat all at once?
The fact is if you put a plug in it and that plug fails you will loose air slowly, not all at once, you will feel a squishy feeling when you turn, maybe a little wonder, thats when you pull over to the side of the road, get off of the bike, look at each tire to determine that it is infact a going flat tire, once you determine that is the problem, you reach into your saddle bag, tour pack, whatever and pull out your can of fix a flat pump up the tire and head to a fix it shop, assuming the tire is sound, no defects from the factery that tire will not self distruct just because of a plug, but as the poster above said, don't take the chance, send the tire to me and I will put my life on the line for you and test it myself.
Just last weekend I got a flat on my rear tire, tube type, I dumped a bottle of slime in it, pumped it up, road it home, road it the next day, then it started going flat again so I took it to the shop and had them put mag wheels on it and went tubless so I could make sure it was fixable on the side of the road!
Terry
The problem is that when any foreign object pierces a tire it can damage the cords and cause the tire to blowout like in a car. Where it disentigrates. Like stated previously its all about what your comfortable with.
And about the fix-a-flat, at my shop i charge extra when i get a tire in with fix-a-flat in it. if youve ever messed with a wheel with fix-a-flat in it you know what im talking about. it gets all gummy and sticky and splashes everywhere when the tire is removed.
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If it's not leaking dont touch it. I picked up a screw in a brand new tyre (i'd fitted it the night before) and what had'nt worn away was still there when I replaced it after 11,000 miles. Never had any problems with it.
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