Nail in rear tyre.

Hi all,

To my annoyance, I saw on Saturday that my rear tyre was flat. On filling it back up with air, I took a look 'round and noticed an embedded nail. I did the "spit test", and yes it is leaking. Boo!!! The tyre is almost new so I'd be really cheesed if I needed to get a new one.

Can I get this repaired or should I bite the bullet and get a new one?

And advice would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers!

Should be able to get it repaired...take it to local shop..

Been there done that, if its in the middle third of the tread then it should be an easy repair, recently did mine myself in a layby in the rain. However if you are at home i'd take it to a shop as it'll cost as much if not more for the repair kit as it will for them to do it.

[Spiderman]

Had a few of those and had them repaired properly by a garage for about £35 and they have been as good as new after that.

Yeah repair it. I had a puncture plugged in my 500 mile-old tyre, and it has (touch wood) been perfect since. When you see it done it will give you faith. Not what you want but a viable alternative to forking out for a tyre every time. Cost me £15 or so I think.

Don't be surprised if they ask what speed rating the tyre is, iirc it's not something that is "supposed" to be done to Z rated tyres.

+1 on the repair. Take it to a garage and get it plugged.

Matt got a nail in his tyre and dithered over whether to get a new tyre or a repair. He got it repaired. Good job he did because he got another nail puncture 2 weeks later when we were on our way to Brighton. It was a nightmare being 2 up and stopping for air at every petrol station (literally) in an attempt to get home

[Rich]

Just had mine plugged from the inside after picking up a nail in my 800mile old rear tyre. Charged me £30 which i was pleased with, much cheaper than a new tyre!!! Tested it well on Saturday in the pooring rain and felt as good as ever!!!

AA repair mine for me as part of my cover for free! takes about 3 minutes or you can get the repair kits and do it yourself , had 2 done so far, they make you sign a declaration saying you won't go over 40MPH on it or do more than 100 miles or something, but I had both over 130mph and rode one until it died just a little short of where it normally would (almost legal minimum tread but start to leak air very slightly at speed so after a motorway leg the rear would be a little softer than I started with).

Second one (puncture after 200 miles on new tyre after replacing above GRRRRR) I've done 1,000 miles on and it's got a lot left it in, motorway and london filtering, doing fine!

Oo that said Essential Rubber in London have a poster up for one of their tyre brands that have a puncture garuntee, if you pick up a puncture they replace it like for like free (probably only once per trye but I don't know...will prolly do that next time).

[SoulKiss]

Originally Posted by PsychoCannon

Oo that said Essential Rubber in London have a poster up for one of their tyre brands that have a puncture garuntee, if you pick up a puncture they replace it like for like free (probably only once per trye but I don't know...will prolly do that next time).

Those are the Avons (so Storm ST etc)

However the small print limits them to about 1k miles or something so not ideal.

In saying that, Essential will properly repair (if possible) a tyre using a mushroom/patch from the inside for about £20.