Roadside tyre repair kits?

[rictus01]

Originally Posted by tomskthewomble

I think it was a friend of mine who owns a bike shop which specialises in tyre sales.

corrected for you , personally having had many temp repairs later permanently repaired I can say without any doubt it can and is done*.



*of course not all punctures are repairable and I defer to the tyre fitters judgement, but most that are capable of temp repair are later permanently repaired without issue


Cheers Mark

[SoulKiss]

Essential Rubber were more than happy to take the Sticky String out of my rear tyre and replace it with a Mushroom Plug.

However there are some of the Bung type kits that *MAY* involve make the hole bigger to fit the bung, and so have you damage the tyre to an unrepairable state.

Any recommendation for a particular kit?

I resent the implication that the shop was only interested in sales. The chap with the punctured tyre has never been to the shop in question, I was just telling my friend what happened and he said that using a temporary repair meant that you couldn't repair the tyre permanently. The lad with the bike took it to his local shop and they wouldn't repair it, he bought a new tyre.

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by tomskthewomble

I was just telling my friend what happened and he said that using a temporary repair meant that you couldn't repair the tyre permanently.

This is not correct. As long as the tyre is suitable for repair, using a temporary fix will not alter that. I suppose one could argue that that's dependent on what it is repaired with, but unless you were to use something clearly unsuitable it will make no difference.

a kit like this is what i used, has all you need to get started

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/TUBELESS-P...item3cc8125d78