What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

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What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« on: March 30, 2010, 04:39:07 AM »

Found mine yesterday. I didn't pull it out, but the bike is at home. Seems the nail went in kind of sideways into the centerline of the tire.
I'm going to get another rear tire, my front has about 40% life left.
Anybody put in a plug or pull the nail? If the tire still holds air without the nail, my guess is its integrity would be severely depleted.
Just curious for some more input, fun times.


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« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2010, 04:53:55 AM »

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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2010, 04:56:00 AM »

Quote from: bobspapa on March 30, 2010, 04:53:55 AM

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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2010, 04:56:10 AM »

personally I'm not a fan of plugging a tire unless it's to get to the shop to replace it, no matter how much tread is left. I'm always wondering when it will fail and for that reason alone I don't enjoy the ride. you only have two wheels so double your chances of staying safe on new treads, IMO


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2010, 05:03:19 AM »

That just happened to me last month... Got a nail in the rear tire and I ended up buying two new tires... I took the rims in myself and had them swap them at the shop. The funny thing was, when they took the old ones off, they asked me if I wanted to keep the rear since it had lots of tread left... DOH!

Best part was, 3 days later I had to switch tires on my cage too... it was an expensive week, close to $1200 total in tires haha


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2010, 05:22:23 AM »

I get a new tire.


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2010, 06:21:17 AM »

i plug and patch it.


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2010, 06:48:19 AM »

I've generally had the luck to catch a nail, screw, or an allen wrench in my tire near the end of its tread life so I plug it and get to the shop when I can. I find that a plug in the middle is less noticable than one on the edge since you can feel the difference the little bump makes when you are cornering more than when you are riding straight. Plugs in any part of the tire have held for 500 miles at least.


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2010, 07:36:13 AM »

Probably the definitive hole-in-tire threads of the board.

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=31587.0

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=16707.0

Personally I plug them. YMMV.


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2010, 07:50:57 AM »

I carry a patch kit to get home then replace.


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2010, 07:52:41 AM »

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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #11 on: March 30, 2010, 07:56:41 AM »

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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #12 on: March 30, 2010, 08:25:36 AM »

I'll plug it tonight if the plug kit I have will work (it's the regular kind with the resin coated gummy stuff like licorice sticks) and order some tires online. Does the tire really have to be plugged from the inside or could it be done for a temporary fix from the outside?
I'm down a car for about a month and this is making me crazzzzy sharing one truck with my wife and no bike!

I'll be curious to see if it even leaks air when I pull the nail out or not.


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Re: What do YOU do when you get a nail in the back tire?

« Reply #13 on: March 30, 2010, 08:49:17 AM »

+1 on get a new tire

I had picked up a screw in my rear tire a while ago....i just replaced the tire ( i was gonna need a new tire anyways so thank gawd for timing)