help fixing a tubeless tire

[brad890]

HELP lol

 

I was riding along one of our wonderfully glass bottle laiden roads the other day and went over a glass bottle which resulted in my almost brand new tubeless tire going flat in seconds, I tried to use one of those car tire plugs, but the hole or should a say cut is just just to big, and the pressure inside the tire slooooowly pushes the plug out:-(

 

I've done a little suture work on it with a needle and fishing line but that's not going to last very long seems as its the part of the tire in contact with the ground.

 

Is there some kind of solution to this that anyones had some success with?

 

In maybe patching the tire from the inside to prevent air leaking out? Or am I just going to have to use my tubeless tire with a tube:-(

[Lounge Lizard]

HELP lol

 

I was riding along one of our wonderfully glass bottle laiden roads the other day and went over a glass bottle which resulted in my almost brand new tubeless tire going flat in seconds, I tried to use one of those car tire plugs, but the hole or should a say cut is just just to big, and the pressure inside the tire slooooowly pushes the plug out:-(

 

I've done a little suture work on it with a needle and fishing line but that's not going to last very long seems as its the part of the tire in contact with the ground.

 

Is there some kind of solution to this that anyones had some success with?

 

In maybe patching the tire from the inside to prevent air leaking out? Or am I just going to have to use my tubeless tire with a tube:-(

 

 

I had a similar problem. If its a hole that is too large and the plug comes out, take a new plug thread and knot it first. The knot does not slide out the hole so easily.

 

On a cut, I patch it on the inside and if the hole is substantial I use a large car type patch (much thicker) Once under pressure, I find it does show a little from the outside (ie. hole stretches slightly open), but I have done another 1000 km on it.

[brad890]

Thanks for the advise lounge lizard, think I'll give the car patch a go and hopefully that works. Otherwise then I'll try the knotted plug

 

Because man I'm bummed the tire isn't even 400km old.

[Cassie]

You can try to use a gaiter...i.e patch from the inside...

also try some "glue" on the cut from the outside - just to prevent it from flaring open all the time...

[PhilipV]

Patch it from the inside. I usually ask someone from a place like trentyre to do it. They love the novelty of a tubeless mtb tyre. And then go home and apply superglue on the outside. Belt and braces approach works.

[Kona Kula]

Awesome, I had the same problem. 1 month old tyre. Tried to fix it and the plug kept popping out. Going to give the car patch thing a go.

[brad890]

And the hub to the rescue again.

 

Thanks guys for all the tips and advice, its wat makes this such an awsum site

[chris_w_65]

Wait till you ride over a nail with a superbike tyre - R1000.00 to R3000.00 in the bin

 

WTF are nails doing in the roads anyway? Do taxi drivers use them to hold taxis together?

[Caerus]

Wait till you ride over a nail with a superbike tyre - R1000.00 to R3000.00 in the bin

 

WTF are nails doing in the roads anyway? Do taxi drivers use them to hold taxis together?

 

 

Nah,My bad, I throw them at taxis.So sorry. Next time I'll stick to the old batteries

[chris_w_65]

Nah,My bad, I throw them at taxis.So sorry. Next time I'll stick to the old batteries

 

And don't forget to put drawing pins in the yellow line section of the road

[Mechanick]

What Ive used in a small length of old tyre liners, glue that to the inside. Once that it dried, I put glue inside the slit from the outside and glue the tyre together. Generally helps.

[Bman]

Wait till you ride over a nail with a superbike tyre - R1000.00 to R3000.00 in the bin

 

WTF are nails doing in the roads anyway? Do taxi drivers use them to hold taxis together?

How i nearly had the biggest bike crash, driving home at night, back tyre picks up a mother of a nail while riding in the middle of the fast lane and i nearly caught flight.. nevertheless there went my fairly new pirelli on the rear that was R2800 and a month old!!