Bloody tyres! Tyre shop required tomorrow

[Ben_m]

As I have spent most of today working and been out with the wife I thought I would spend tomorrow with the bike and a trip to the lakes. It was going to be a good few hundred miles and I wanted to leave early so thought I would check the bike over tonight. I tried to wheel her out of the garage but it would hardly move!

The back tyre was as flat as a pancake. To say I am pissed off is an understatement! A nail has gone right through the centre of the tyre so should be fixable but I need a tyre shop around the Doncaster area that is open tomorrow? Would a car tyre shop fix and balance it?

Thanks

[KevTM]

A lot of bike places wont fix it if it's a ZR tyre. If you're stuck then you could buy one of the repair kits (3 bungs, cement, CO2 canisters).. supposedly you're only supposed to use then for a certain mileage and certain max speed but I've used them and they've been absolutely fine for thousands of miles (really) exceeding the max speed guideline. Think they're about £25.

[MattEMulsion]

Don't bodge it yourself get it done professionally, even if you have to leave it until a weekday. Think yourself somewhat lucky that you have the convenience of being at home with a flat tyre rather than at the side of the road miles and miles away. There will always be another day when you can go to the lakes on your bike.
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[Ben_m]