photo of nail in tire, new tire now?
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went to push bike out of shed and could tellit was rolling harder so i was thinking low tire. after looking at the rear tire i noticed i had picked up a nail. its not dead center of the tire either so i dont know if itcan be fixed or if ill have to get a new tire. only got 8000 on them but i guess it happens. folks am i gona have to get a new tire?
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lots of folks have ridden many thousands of miles on a repaired tire. i cant..... though i understand it is safe to repair and a good repair is as good as the original tire, i don't feel comfortable on a repaired tire. i've replaced a tire with as little as 2000 miles on it because of a nail.....
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You CAN plug it. But for the safest way, have it patched from the inside with a hot patch. I have a rear Metzler with a plug and lots of miles left on it. I did replace it with new tire but kept the pluged one to hot patch at my leasure.
BTW, be sure to plug it properly if you do it that way.
BTW, be sure to plug it properly if you do it that way.