Screw in tyre

[pete376403]

Picked this up in the back tyre recently - a through and through (in gun parlance) Got lucky - all the air stayed in

[Nade]

WTF....I can't beleive the prices you guys are being charged for tyre repairs.
Only 2 weeks ago I got home from a ride and discovered the samething...a screw in my front tyre. still fully inflated and not losing pressure. Needless to say I freaked having had the woman on the back for most of the day and having a front tyre deflate on me is a worst nightmare while riding.
Anyway...I quietly rode to ITS here in Blenheim who supplied me with the tools to remove the wheel and fixed it for me while I waited. Took 20 minutes tops and it was a vulcanised heat patch. Cost me $16.

[fredie]

do you know what puncture kit is

[DEATH_INC.]

buy a puncture kit $15 and fix it your self mann . get with the program . shops just ripp u off . no need too take wheel off bike http://www.tyrepliers.com.au/Products/punc.htm you could have screw out and plug in . in 3 minutes for $15 .and have the kit for the future

DON'T use these for a permanent repair. They are fine to get ya home, but not much else. And they aren't wof able either.
Take it to a shop ( rowes is nice and close, but I'd go a bit further up the road to motohaus ) and get it fixed with a proper 'mushroom' patch.

[fredie]

i have had 4 string plugs in the rear tyre . no problem . until it ran its tyre life