What do I do if I get a puncture?

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, Champ

#HUH! Good god, y'all
#Absolutely nothing
#Say it again, yeah!

Sorry, don't know what came over me.

 

A new Screwfix Catalogue wouldn't have anything to do with it perchance?

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, steve auvache

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What happened?

 

I've only had one set of tyres that didn't need a repair within the first
100 miles. All bike tyres too, not cars.

I never leave home without a plug kit and at least 3 inflator bottles.


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Beav

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There is the in tyre stuff mentioned (Ultraseal) which is a a precise
quantity of liquid (based on tyre dimensions) added by removing the valve
core, pouring or squirting it in then replacing the valve and re-inflating
the tyre. Centrifugal force throws it outwards in motion which coats the
entire inner surface of the tyre.

There are criticisms, it is messy, tyre fitters hate the stuff
(allegedly), it may affect the handling, alter the balance of the wheel
and so on but overall I think the stuff is worthy of consideration as a
preventative and a get you home or back to civilised or populated areas
where proper repair or replacement is possible.

It can play havoc with the valves, they might not seat immediately after
removing a tyre inflator/gauge when checking the pressures or
adding/releasing air, which is disconcerting but they usually seat and
seal after a few seconds of hissing. Good metal dust-caps with a rubber
internal seal themselves give another line of defence against leakage
from there or ingress of dirt which can cause leaks there.

I have never bought or used Ultraseal but found it was in the tyres of
a bike I bought last year which had a large(ish) nail in the rear tyre.
The tyre was probably only good for another couple of thousand miles of
wear so it was not worth the bother to attend to a repair of a tyre which
would be discarded in any case after a couple of months of summer usage.
After a longish trip (Selkirk to Stranraer, about 120 miles), on arrival I
noticed the nail was no longer there but the tyre remained inflated and I
made the return trip, assuming that the nail had never fully penetrated
and no air escape had or would take place. In any case my NU (Bike Gold)
policy included RAC recovery as a last resort for extreme eventualities.

Arriving back after another 120 miles, and the pink slime had escaped from
the now vacant hole formerly occupied by the nail, coating everything from
the undertray to the swingarm to my boot soles with the stuff, not knowing
the stuff was in there and given the pinkish hue I assumed I had
inadvertently and unknowingly slaughtered a pheasant or chicken or rabbit
or something and that the substance was blood and gizzards. The tyre
though was partially deflated and hot, having been ridden hard 120 miles
of 'A' road, it was hotter than a hand could more than momentarily bear,
it was quickly identified as the source of the gunk as the stuff continued
to ooze from the hole in a worm like fashion until the tyre cooled.

This isn't a testimonial so much as a relation of an experience where it
certainly did something not far removed from its claims. I am open to
persuasion that it nevertheless IS the devils work. I'm not one for
carrying shedloads of emergency kit, excepting, cash, plastic and mobile
phone so prevention and mitigation of pneumatic mishaps appeals.

 

Changing lanes (3 to 2) M25 twixt J19 and 20. 85ish MPH.

Big gutter twixt lanes, hit that. Back end went sideways what felt like
about a foot (probably wasn't) and would not get back into any kind of
comfortable shape. Felt like the back wheel was no longer really
connected to the front of the bike.

I was pretty sure I knew what was happening as I had ridden on a flat
before. Came off at J20, up the A41 toward Hemel. Pulled into the first
laybye. Dismounted and checked. Lo and behold. Not enough air in the
back at all

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They go cold, certainly, but not dangerously so. My kit has a little
perforated plastic sleeve to slop over them, as insulation.

 

Not a good idea, IMHO. You can screw the carcass of the tyre and make
repair impossible


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Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
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Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

Heh. I thought that was just to help grip.

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Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

I've used three[1] now (I think) and TOG is correct - they go cold but
you won't need A&E.

[1] Not on my bikes - I've carried them since I got a free one with my
first BM, and used them when I've stopped to help a couple of people
them followed them home[2]. When they offered to pay I just asked them
to get a set and carry them in case they can help somebody else.

[2] OK, so one didn't actually want to be followed but she did look
*lovely* on that seat.

 

On Feb 5, 9:30 am, "Dickie Bird" <Dickie Bird@Dickie Bird.popex.net>
wrote:
[snip]

funnily enough, I was asking myself exactly this question in relation
to my /car/, which doesn't have a spare wheel, not even a space-saver.

Then I read the manual and find the tool kit contains a can of gunk
and a 12v compressor...

 

Ha, you want a nice set of runflats. Although ours also has a spare
in the boot which comes with an ingenious winch-type attachment to
lift the fucking thing out of the boot as it weighs a ton! It took
me ages to work out what to do (typically I didn't read the manual)
but it's actually very clever and dead easy.

 

Using the patented Mavis Beacon "Hunt&Peck" Technique, darsy

My Rav-4's like that. Apparently if they fit the spare wheel to the rear
door (which opens sideways), then the door can't fully open because the
wheel would cover the rear light and prevent people thinking of the
children, or something.

 

I'm surprised that's not illegal. I mean, I don't agree it *ought* to
be illegal, just that it isn't, IYSWIM.

 

With run-flat tyres it's not really a problem. Jude's pug had a
puncture once - a sidewall rip that wouldn't have been fixable with
the supplied cans of gunk - and I quite happily drove it home and then
to the tyre centre the next day, about 20 miles in total. It was
actually not at all obvious at lowish-normal speeds that there was a
puncture at all; only if you booted it did it start to get a bit
floppy.

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Oh, I know.

It was more the thought that there'd be a law, probably from about
1930-odd and now totally out of date, that requires all cars to carry
spare wheels.

 

Cheers. It's always good to try and learn from other people's
experiences I think. The outside lane of the M25 is not the ideal place
for that sort of thing to happen!

 

It's less than ideal, but not as bad as I was expecting. Wasn't a
complete blow out.



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Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3
Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply)
116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 145 2.0 Cloverleaf 156 V6 2.5 S2
Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see.
www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk

 

I know exactly what you mean.