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 Posted: 13:55 - 27 Aug 2018  Post subject: Having a bad day? |
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Just bought a new pair of tyres, cost me £285 fitted, get home, park up, look back at my bike, what do you know, there is a big screw puncture through the back tyre. In the 25 minutes it took to ride home, I caught a puncture. Tyre completely flat. 
Can someone remind me, why do I ride a motorcycle again?  I might take up knitting instead. |
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AH Bollocks!  |
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| Posted: 16:55 - 27 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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I hope you have kept the screw so when you take up DIY as hobby, you can use the screw
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| Posted: 10:26 - 28 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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Snotty string, had 3 in a tire I eventually used on track for half a season...
Takes about 5-10 minutes to sort and saves a fortune  |
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| Posted: 12:22 - 29 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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Was it an Avon tyre?
Just they always used to do you a free replacement on a punctured radial as long as it had over a certain tread depth left on it.
Not sure if they still do or if any other manufacturers do the same but it's worth an ask.
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| Posted: 18:24 - 29 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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As-new-puncture-repairs are my main source of rear tires, they are quite common, except for puncture resistant Road5's. I have not seen one yet 
Take it back. That is a lot of money for a punctured tire, and it will not take long to fix. Unlikely they would swap it for new.
Temporary fixes - strings, plugs, are good short term but have a reasonable failure rate between 3-6 months.
It is not expensive or time consuming to fit your own tires and do the proper repairs yourself. |
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| Posted: 15:17 - 30 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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| kramdra wrote: | As-new-puncture-repairs are my main source of rear tires, they are quite common, except for puncture resistant Road5's. I have not seen one yet
Take it back. That is a lot of money for a punctured tire, and it will not take long to fix. Unlikely they would swap it for new.
Temporary fixes - strings, plugs, are good short term but have a reasonable failure rate between 3-6 months.
It is not expensive or time consuming to fit your own tires and do the proper repairs yourself. |
Well, it's funny you mention it - it was a Road 5 that got punctured! Decided to just cut my losses and buy a new one, can't be arsed with some dodgy workaround. Definitely going to teach myself some basic bike maintenance; i'm clueless at the moment. |
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| Posted: 15:40 - 30 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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| turningCircle wrote: | | kramdra wrote: | As-new-puncture-repairs are my main source of rear tires, they are quite common, except for puncture resistant Road5's. I have not seen one yet
Take it back. That is a lot of money for a punctured tire, and it will not take long to fix. Unlikely they would swap it for new.
Temporary fixes - strings, plugs, are good short term but have a reasonable failure rate between 3-6 months.
It is not expensive or time consuming to fit your own tires and do the proper repairs yourself. |
Well, it's funny you mention it - it was a Road 5 that got punctured! Decided to just cut my losses and buy a new one, can't be arsed with some dodgy workaround. Definitely going to teach myself some basic bike maintenance; i'm clueless at the moment. |
Proper puncture repairs aren't a "dodgy workaround". |
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| Posted: 19:40 - 30 Aug 2018 Post subject: |
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| skatefreak wrote: | | kramdra wrote: |
Temporary fixes - strings, plugs, are good short term but have a reasonable failure rate between 3-6 months. |
Just curious on what this is based?
Admittedly I've only done < 20 snotty string's but out of 7-8 in car tires, 5 in motorcycles and one in a van tire at 75psi and a bunch of buggies... None have ever failed? |
That is many. Wouldnt care too much on four wheels. I had a couple fail that were old and I wanted to know why. When I remove tire, old strings usually fall out with no effort, no stickyness, only air holding it in. A large bump could knock it inwards and deflare rapidly. The failures were slow punctures and I consider that to be luck. Snot strings are my prefered temporary fix. For rears they are good past an indicated 142.. Ive run them down to the cord and will continue to provided its less than a month. Fronts get a lot more stress from braking and bumps, deform a lot more, so I will actually obey the reduced speed warning and change asap. I do not care to use repaired fronts, they get ebayed or scrapped.
Tldr: I can swap and repair quite quick, no massive inconvenience to me. |
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