Slow Puncture

How slow?

 

Bottle of soapy water and find where the slow leak is and then you can decide what the best course of action is ............ could be a leak at the bead when the tyre was refitted.

 

Are you riding near a council waste tip or something ? I punctured a decent car tyre passing one recently.

I agree with the plug it advice. Good opportunity to learn a new skill.

Edit. Replied before I read Oldyam's post. Great advice there about the bead .

 

How old are the wheels ? Sometimes the rims need to be cleaned up before the tyre will seal properly.

 

Where was it repaired? If a tyre changer then go back and ask them to look at it. They have a duty of care.

 

I would only do this if you are sure the leak is at the rim seal and that you have a compressor to hand capable of re-seating the bead on the rim should the tyre become unseated.

 

plug it ,I believe I put a thread on here of my recent puncture and what I have to get going again

 

.......and sometimes you just need to nip up the valve in the stem. Don’t ask!

 

Sounds somewhat questionable. The tyre wall is generally the irreparable bit. The tread area has the construction to accept a plug.

 

Sounds BS to me. Go find yourself a new tyre fitter / supplier. Never had a tyre off and on more than once. As Callumity says, usually repairable in the tread area, when outside this it's knackered.

 

Hi, you asked about sealants in the original post..... I bought some Bike Safe goo on the strength of their ads.

I was so impressed I bought the car stuff too and I can report..... don’t bother.

My wife picked up a screw in a car tyre which set off the tyre pressure monitor. Believing the goo would work I thought it must’ve been the valve core so I nipped it up and then noticed the screw!!!!

I then thought ‘Aha, I’ll remove the screw and the goo will work!’

It didn’t so I stuck a bigger screw in and took the car to a tyre dealer to fix it

 

I have used UltraSeal in all my tubeless tyres and never knowingly had a puncture. Remember the name, I am not talking about some cheap green gunk or similar. From memory it costs around £25 for a pair of tyres to be treated. In my experience it has never affected the wheel balance or steering, I add this because there is always someone on a forum who says it might. Ultra seal was developed and is used in formula 1 racing tyres so is good stuff. I now have a T120 bonnie with spoked wheels, not best for ultra seal, but it can be injected into tubes with some benefit which my dealer did when I bought the bike, so I have gone for belt and braces, rather than coming home on a trailer with a puncture in the tube. For the sake of £25 it has got to be worth a try when you consider what you are spending on tyres/ repairs.

 

In my opinion, and for safety reasons, any plug repair should be considered temporary. Proper permanent repair is to remove the tire and patch from the inside.

I have picked up a nail before on the road. Did a roadside repair to get me home. Then removed the tire and did an internal patch. Never leaked again !!

The safe thing to do.