I really like this idea. Sort of the "non violent" approach.

 

if he had a hobby of jumping in front of trains, would you be asking our advice????

 

SO... any update o how the tire install went? IF it went?

 

Sounds like you need an intervention. Get a bunch of buddies together and find a way to get the tire changed. A life is a terrible thing to waste.

 

how about buying him the tire while he working or something so he has it when he gets home...... and a gift certificate to get it put on if you or he cant put it on yourself.?

 

i did about 5000k on arear tire with threads showing give the guy a break winter coming

 

Just remember as you are cutting his tire, An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure

 

My favorite answer. That would be my exact response. If I knew he didn't have the cash to cover it, I'd add in sticking the cash in his hand as I walked past.

 

Knowing many 20-something year old males, I would never think that. Perhaps I am just getting old, but it sure seems we have raised the most lazy, unmotivated, dispassionate, self centered, moronic generation in all of human history. There are, of course, exceptions, but, as a group, these traits seem all too common.

 

If it was my son that rear wheel would be leaning against the fence and the money would be loaned if necessary, but that tire would be off that bike. I've been riding on a plugged tire for quite a while now but only because theres a whole lot of tread still on there.