Punctures – Like When You Had You First Off

[banditrider]

I was coming back from East Cape on the 2005 Southern Cross when I picked up a piece of wire in the rear tyre. On the road from Te Araroa to Hicks Bay the bike started sliding around under me so I got the message. Pulled into Hicks Bay, pulled out the wire, stuck in a 12 year old pando and then pumped the tyre up as high as possible with a brand new foot pump the people at the shop loaned me.

Road really quietly for a while but when the tyre appeared to be holding up I upped the pace up. The tyre pando held all the way to Whakatane where the guys at the Suzy shop fixed it properly. Lasted for the rest of the trip no worries.

A few weeks late the same tyre got another puncture (or the repair failed - who knows?) on a gravel road out the back of Marton. Rode on the flat to a gas station in Marton. Stuck a pando in it and pumped it up. Pando never sealed properly so gop ended up all over the bike but I made it home.

Now I carry a repair kit...

[tri boy]

Fixed a punctured tube at home this morning.(spare tube for the scramblers sth isld run).
Something every m/cyclist should know how to do. (Tube repair kits can patch the inside of large tubeless tyres also).

Peeling rubber off and on rims isn't that hard either with some practice. But "Dog Turd" plugs are the way to go for Road bikes for sure.

Pando/Tyre Goo/Slime only worth while on the farm bikes IMHO.
Carry two 250mm tyre levers, and a puncture repair kit for tube type tyres, and the Turds for Tubeless. CO2 cannisters if you like, but I use the good old foot pump with tube type.
Happy patching people.

[99TLS]

have only ever had one in 22yrs riding, that was on mw motorway just before rosebank rd, got a friend to pick me up then took tyre to bike shop to fix

[The Pastor]

my can of tyre inflate says "inflates tube and tubeless tyres"

[banditrider]

But "Dog Turd" plugs are the way to go for Road bikes for sure.

How permanent are they? Should the tyre or repair still be looked at by someone in the know and be repaired professionally? I've heard that if you get a puncture in the front it's ok to repair to get you home but you should bin the tyre once you're safe & sound.

[tri boy]

How permanent are they? Should the tyre or repair still be looked at by someone in the know and be repaired professionally? I've heard that if you get a puncture in the front it's ok to repair to get you home but you should bin the tyre once you're safe & sound.

Always pays to have the tyre checked professionally after getting home.

One of the most reliable patches I did was one of the most dodgey. (wouldn't recomend it)
The daytona picked up a nail out the back of Sth Australia on a Sunday morning.
Peeled the tubeless tyre off the rear rim. Patched it with a push bike repair kit that a local home owner had, refitted it, and road it back to West Aussie like that, and left it that way until it was changed out about 1500km later.
Not the recommended thing to do, and the hole was a mere pin prick, but it shows what glue and rubber can do.

[quallman1234]

Had heaps on my old DT175.

All my bike's ive had have had tubed tyres tho.

[DEATH_INC.]

How permanent are they? Should the tyre or repair still be looked at by someone in the know and be repaired professionally? I've heard that if you get a puncture in the front it's ok to repair to get you home but you should bin the tyre once you're safe & sound.

Not at all permanent, get it fixed properly asap. And ya won't get a woof with 'em in there...
No problem fixing a front, just get it done properly...

[Toaster]

Never had one..... quick, wheres some wood?

[peanuteater]

tyre panda is sold at super cheap auto, got some a month or so back.

[madmal64]

Never had one one my road bike. Well not yet anyway. Have used my kits to fix a couple though.
Plenty off road though. Some Im not unfamilar with the fixing issue.

[xwhatsit]

tyre panda is sold at super cheap auto, got some a month or so back.

Oh goodie. Cheers, I'll pick some up.