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Originally Posted by zedleppelin1981
Once repaired or replaced, what about using some of that gel stuff that goes inside the tyre that is supposed to prevent a puncture? Never used it myself, so dunno if its any good or not, or what it does to the handling
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It doesn't so much prevent a puncture as supposedly plug any leak, this can mean you don't notice shrapnel in your tyre and do further dammage to the carcas. I'm also told tyre shops absolutly hate it because of the mess it makes when they change the tyre.
That said it's got plenty of supporters as it's supposed to help stop slow and fast punctures before you've lost too much air. I believe it's sold as "Ultraseal" in shops such as Hein Gericke, there's also "Slime" that seems much the same stuff.
I carry a repair kit such as the "Rep & Air" bung type kit also sold By HG for about £12 like this one
here since Rictus had to rescue me
Takes about 10 minutes to sort out including faffing about and I've trusted several such repairs to last me until I can get it fixed properly.