Can you use fix a flat with the stock tires that come on our bikes? Our what do you all do if you get a flat out in the middle of no where?

 

I put a plug in it

 

Tubeless tires give you options. I don't know if there is anything you can do on the roadside if you have a tube.

 

Plug it, Ride On, Slime, etc, etc and a small air compressor will get you going.

 

It all seems so complicated since we went tubeless! Much fewer punctures, fortunately, but they were so much easier to fix when we had tubes.

My last flat took the beads off the rim by the time we stopped. No roadside repair for that. In rural France it took from Saturday evening until Tuesday evening to get going again!

 

Although I'm sure you could do that if necessary...... I wouldn't recommend it. If you have enough air pressure still remaining in the tire, and it is tubeless, it would more than likely work.

But that is going to ruin the tire and make a mess of the inside of your rim. If tubeless, get yourself a simple plug and patch kit and a portable air compressor. All for under 50 bucks. The Harley air compressor works great, plugs right into the battery plug of your bike for power and is small and compact. If you have tire problems, you can pump it up enough to limp to a repair shop and have it fixed right. If you have a big leak, you have the plug kit. Anything bigger that that, best repair kit is a credit card and a cell phone.

 

I carry a auto plug kit and a small air compressor called Slime. I've used it before it, not sure I would ride on a plugged tire for a long time, but it can get you a place to get a new tire.

 

ive used the slime once to get me home when i didnt have a plug kit. It will work for a small hole, but the shop that swaps that tire isnt going to appreciate it

 

I have a couple bottles of Ride On I will be putting in when I get my new tires installed. Supposed to balance your wheels and seal punctures up to 1/4" I believe. This is just their advertisement claim and I have no first hand experience but have had enough flats to try. Now that I am riding tubeless I will also be getting a compressor and carry a plug kit. SO glad to be out from under spokes!!!!