I picked up a nail in my rear tire while riding this weekend.

The tire still has a bunch of tread and I have inner tubes.

My question is this should I just slap a new tube in there or should I put a patch on the tire to protect the new inner tube?

God I want some mag wheels!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

+1 on the mags.

How about plugging the tire, and putting a new tube in? The plug would bind the tire better than a patch.

 

I plug rear tires...I replace front tires when they pick up a nail.

 

The tire doesn't hold air. It isn't supposed to.

That said I am worried about putting a plug in because I think it will rub a hole in the inner tube over time. (Am I wrong?)

The reason for the patch is to give the inner tube a smooth surface to rest on.


That is why I am looking at patching it.

If I had mag wheels I would plug it and forget it.

 

I patch & install a new tube. Prolly overkill, but makes me feel better. I know mags would be easier on fixin flat's on the side of the road, but not ready to give up my spokes.

Ride safe,
Harold

 

Personally, I think I'd patch it. How big is the nail? Roofing nail, duplex nail, rail road spike?

 

If you want to talk overkill, a patch-plug would be the best. It has a plug molded to the center of the patch. You pull the plug through, sealing the hole, and then stitch the patch down, sealing the inner liner.

 

That sounds cool, never heard of them.

 

I haven't asked for many years, but there was a time when we could get a patch galvanised (did I write that?! vulcanised) on the inside of the tyre, to cover a puncture. That heat-fuses the patch, so it cannot come adrift. Failing that I like the idea of a patch/plug, as mentioned by HarDlife.

 

Now that you bring it up, I think I have seen those somewhere before. It's a great idea, where do you get them?