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MODEL SPECIFIC => BIG BANDIT BANTER => Topic started by: land_shark on October 17, 2005, 11:43:42 AM

Title: 2nd new tire to pick up a nail! :[
Post by: land_shark on October 17, 2005, 11:43:42 AM

** Just realized this is a bit of a repost...  oh well! **

It happened again.  :annoy: This is the second time I've been ~300mi into a new rear tire, and I get a big honkin' nail stuck in the tread.

Last time, I used the gooey-rope type plug, and put 12,000 more miles on it with no problems.  I'm sure people out there will think that was stupid, and I should have replaced the tire, but I was broke and could barely afford the repair kit.

I used a similar repair system this time (ream, and insert a rubbery plug, trim excess from outside).  I'm not excited about having this on the back of my mind AGAIN every time I lean into a twisty.

I guess the reason I'm posting this is that I need to be swayed:  Do I replace the tire, replace the emergency plug with a mushroom-type, or do I kick back and trust that everything will be fine...

ack. :duh:

Title: 2nd new tire to pick up a nail! :[
Post by: Red01 on October 17, 2005, 03:50:30 PM

Sounds like what you need to do is buy your tires from someplace that offers a road hazzard warranty... like Cycle Gear. (http://www.cyclegear.com/)

At least I was fortunate enough to pick up something when the tire was just about shot.

Title: 2nd new tire to pick up a nail! :[
Post by: Jacknife on October 17, 2005, 07:45:16 PM

I think you should stop parking on the Indian guys nail bed when you go out! :monkeymoon:

Title: 2nd new tire to pick up a nail! :[
Post by: PeteSC on October 17, 2005, 09:29:18 PM

Are they the same type of nail?    Maybe you're picking them up in the same place?
  I know when they re-roofed my apartment complex, the parking lot looked like it was paved with nails!!!! :shock:

Title: 2nd new tire to pick up a nail! :[
Post by: land_shark on October 18, 2005, 10:33:28 AM

Quote from: "PeteSC"

Are they the same type of nail?    Maybe you're picking them up in the same place?
  I know when they re-roofed my apartment complex, the parking lot looked like it was paved with nails!!!! :shock:

Nope, from different places, but that's something to think about in the future!  The last one was a shingle nail, as a matter of fact, but the most recent was about 4" long.  How it went straight into my tire, I have no idea.

Title: 2nd new tire to pick up a nail! :[
Post by: Red01 on October 18, 2005, 07:48:44 PM

If it's any consolation, my recent tire puncture turned out to not be from a nail as I originally thought, but from a small piece of spearhead shaped piece of gravel!

Did I mention I have a gravel driveway ~120' long?