Bastard - came out from work to find my rear tyre flat as a flat thing, a quick inspection revealed a fucking great nail in the dead centre of the tread, phone the AA "someone will be with you in 45 minutes sir", phone wife to tell her I'll be late home, put phone away, look up to see an AA van pulling into the carpark - bloody hell that was quick - turns out he was sitting in a lay-by just up the road. Anyway he plugged the tyre and inflated it which has got me home but I could hear it hissing when I got off the bike, anybody know if this is likley to be fixable, bearing in mind I could see wire in the hole when I took the nail out, so presume it has broken or damaged the steel banding, or is it as I suspect, new tyre time, this one's an 800 miles old, Bridgestone BT021. If there's a chance I could persuade them to fix it, I'll wait till the weekend and get it done then, however if the FOAK reckon it's fucked I'll take the wheel off and get the wife to take it and get a new one fitted.
