Could have been nasty

[lynnnsr]

Attached a picture of a large and very long bolt which found its way into my rear tyre while riding on way to a family camping holiday after work on Friday.

I cannot visualise how it got from the surface of the road right the way through the tyre causing a slow puncture which left me stranded in a layby. No point on it.

I flagged down a van, who did not have room for the bike, so he went home, offloaded some stuff, came back with a plank, took me a mile up the road to his mate who is a mobile tyre repairer, charged me £25 and repaired the tyre there and then. Both guys absolute lifesavers on a Friday night of a bank holiday weekend.

Has anyone had anything bigger/nastier stuck in their tyre? Other tales of good Samaritans helping out and going above and beyond?

I must admit when I got in the back of the van with the bike I thought what am I doing, no-one knows where I am, I have no idea where this guy is taking me and cannot see, I also wondered how much I was going to get charged for the repair, but faith in humanity restored!
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NSR 125 (with L-Plates) > 1994 NTV 650 > 2015 CB650F > 16 VFR800F

[Hetzer]

I had an entire spanner (ring-ended one) go through a brand new rear on my Blade. Mikey-J came and got me in his van and drove me 30 miles home.
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"There's the horizon! Ride hard, ride fast and cut down all who stand in your way!"

[P.addy]

From our night ride...

https://i1148.photobucket.com/albums/o574/_Iain_/1BB7DBC2-8A23-4F9D-A825-D165FC3CBDEC-1302-0000019F62D09C71_zpsd1566662.jpg

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=274574

[lynnnsr]

That's a nasty lump of metal in the picture, but I think a ring spanner takes the biscuit!
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NSR 125 (with L-Plates) > 1994 NTV 650 > 2015 CB650F > 16 VFR800F

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I bet it hit you like a bolt out of the blue.

/coat
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