Puncture repair?

I've just risen my new sv home on a 350 mile journyand discoveredthat the nearly new continental rear tyre has a nail in it. Was wondering if it could be repaired?

[rictus01]

yes it can (if it's in a certain area of the tread) both temp & permanent, do a search it's been covered many times.

Cheers Mark

[joshwalker094]

yes if its in the top 50% central of tyre. i got mine done today £25 took about 30 minutes

Originally Posted by joshwalker094

yes if its in the top 50% central of tyre. i got mine done today £25 took about 30 minutes

For that price, did you leave your bike with them or did you give them the wheel and tyre already taken of the bike?

I think around £20 off bike or £30 on bike are ballpark numbers. From what I've paid anyway.

[joshwalker094]

It was £25 on the bike, I just rode up asked if they did permanent puncture repairs, he said yes, I said can you do it now and 10 minutes later he was putting the bike in the shop and getting on with it

Was this a bikeshop or tyre shop?
thats kinda ok, paid £30 for a car wheel once at a tyreshop.

[Jayneflakes]

A good place will remove the tyre, check for damage and if safe, will repair and re-balance the wheel once the tyre is back on. It is worth the cost if done well and you keep a good condition tyre going.

The bad news comes if the tyre is damaged though.

[mep]

I recently had a puncture in my rear tyre. It was a nail right in the middle of the tread. First I went to a tyre place that sells car & bike tyres. They would not repair it and suggested I go to a bike shop as the plugs used for car & bike tyres are different and you should not use the wrong one, especially in a bike.

The main dealer bike shop had a look and pulled the nail out to see if it had gone in straight, which it had so it could be repaired. They removed the wheel, repaired it, put it back on & checked the balancing for £38.

Well I'm gona have to say you can't, I spoke to some official at Avon as I have storm 2 ultras, apparently the tyres used to be separately bound with that wire stuff but now it's all one carbon fibre wire, I've had 2 punctures and never actually worn out a pair of tyres, first time front wheel second time back, if it's the front then it's a definite new tyre but when I got A puncture on the back I left a temporary repair kit in for about 3 month no problems, as I come to fix it permanently the wire inside snapped and caused a huge bubble so that's when I rang Avon, they say you can't repair any they said its ILLEGAL, surprised but okay. They also said if you get a puncture that is 1mm deep or shorter they will give you a new tyre for free

I think that's all, I have the tyre at work so I'll post a pic of it


Chris


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