BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Yes it is/was ... :cry:

The second one I have had in a fairly shot space in time (<300 miles) ...

Riding along in the beautiful sunshine minding my own business and I hear this BANG! ... sounded like a tyre explosion ... took a quick gander as I was rolling along and my tyres didn't seem to have gone down, so I kept riding ... coupla miles time and it was all still fine, so just wrote it off as one of those things ..

Anyway, got back after ~60 mile round trip and what did I see in my tyre?!?!? Yep the head of a nail :cry: ... a bit of spit on top and there were some very small bubbles, so I got in there and started digging it out .... to be honest, I haven't even taken it all the way out yet and look what it is/was!! :shock:



http://i208.photobucket.com/albums/b...ewpuncture.jpg


I now see that bang probably was me - something that big is going to make quite a noise being forced through a tyre in a millisecond!! :shock:

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

just leave it in there, it'll plug the hole:rolleyes:

;)

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

crapping hell :o

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Indeed, which is why I was able to continue on my ~60 mile trip :)

Unfortunately it is leaking though, so would go flat eventually so I can't just leave it like that :cry:

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Shez a minx isn't she 8)

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Tyre looks fairly used anyway. Hey ho. New tyre time.

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

It still has plenty of wear to get to the markers ... but yes, at least it isn't NEW :)

I was thinking of just pushing the bolt/nail back in again and perhaps putting some black paint over the head/top ... you would never know the difference!! :D

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Don't forget the black paint, it'll make all the difference ;)

Would it kill you to admit defeat & buy a proper repair kit?

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Get another thousand or two miles our of that yet! ;)
(If you don't mind the squared effect when turning!)

Re: BANG! ... ooohhh is that a puncture?
 

Seems to be a bit of screwed rod like we use at work. Think you were pretty lucky there!