What have you used to repair tyres?

[JA-Q001]

So here is my problem, how many times has it happened that you have a fairly new set of tires/tubbies that still has a lot of tread left, but then you are the unlucky one to strike the peace of drunk mans junk in the road (glass) and now there is a cut in the tire that bulges out or  does not reseal?

 

So what have you used to repair or patch that type of cut. Because I do not want to pay R800 for a tubby and only do 3 races on the darn thing.

 

[Kansas]

tire boot, cash(notes) works well as a temp fixer

[Kansas]

once I used a R50 note on the inside of a tyre I cut (1 cm long) on a piece of glass. worked very well until I needed the money

 

damm recession

[JA-Q001]

Any fixes that are more permanent?

[Jakes_1]

 

i always have a piece of tire liner with me, it works well but can be bumpy @ high speed

Jakes_12009-11-10 00:58:58

[Lotus]

 

Any fixes that are more permanent?

 

If it's a small cut that does not look as though it will weaken the structure of the tyre then maybe a gaiter (a large patch applied to the inside of the tyre casing) would work. The problem here is that the new tyre compounds are less rubber and more synthetic material, which makes bonding the gaiter quite difficult. I took a cut on one of my new tyres, but I decided (after inflating it harder than I would normally ride it) that the tube was not causing an outward bulge (so structurally okay) and I left it as is.

 

Consider this carefully though. Charging downhill at 70 km/h, you don't want to be thinking "I hope that patch holds!".

 

[techguy]

I've used grass to fill my tyre on more than one ocassion, take the tube out and fill the tyre wil grass to get home when you've used up all the tubes you have, its not permenant but it works...

[NotSoBigBen]

Used dental floss to repair a sidewall cut .. also a patch on the inside just in case!

[techguy]

I have also opened up the stitching on tubbies and repaired the tube and stitched it up again...