First puncture

[milu]

Fortunately at home. Saw the XL drawing pin in the front tyre. Is losing air.
Any tips?
Take wheel off myself or try to limp to garage?

[KTMsm]

Modern bike with tubeless tyre ?

Stick a screw in it, inflate and ride to garage or if you want to save £10 take the wheel off

[milu]

Yep. Diablo Rosso
Screw is not a bad idea
Cheers

[camb10]

get a sticky worm repair kit and fix it yourself

[markymarkthree]

On a bike , fack that its new tyre time.

[RazerSauber]

Depends how far you need to ride but my local bike place is a 15 minute ride away. If the tyre will stay up for that long then take it there.

[Gixer968CS]

Buy a plug kit and fix it yourself - that's all that the tyre shops use. I use the stope and go Tyre Plugger. Always have one in my top box or under the seat and have probably repaired 6 or 7 tyres over the years (commuting in to London you get a lot of punctures). Even did my SAAB 93 once but not sure it's meant for that. I've probably ridden many thousands of miles on plugged tyres. No problems.

[John D.]

If its not losing air very fast, I'd just pump it up and ride to a tyre shop. Perhaps with a tyre pump in my rucksack.

[boyse7en]

camb10 said:

get a sticky worm repair kit and fix it yourself

A 10 minute job, and you don't even have to take the wheel off if you know where the hole is.
Used them a few times on my commuter bike and they have been fine for the rest of the life of the tyre

[SteveKTMer]

I'd get it to a bike shop where they can install the large internal rubber mushroom, they are as good as the tyre almost. Then internal mushroom is about 2" in diameter. Anything you can poke in from outside is not meant to be permanent, just a temporary fix to get you home where you have the mushroom installed.

[milu]

I’ve got an emergency kit with sticky string in my van. But didn’t think it wine any good on bike
I’ll try and get it to garage

[Steve Bass]

milu said:

I’ve got an emergency kit with sticky string in my van. But didn’t think it wine any good on bike
I’ll try and get it to garage

As long as the sidewall isn't compromised, the sticky string or plug type repairs are perfectly acceptable and will outlive the tyre without any loss of performance.

[Mr Squarekins]

I've got a sticky string kit under the seat on my S1000rr. Useful to at least get you home. Recently used it to help a fellow biker with a puncture out in Wales. Simple to buy and keep. Huge benefit. I'd book the bike in for a tyre an just inflate 10 mins before.

[milu]

Just been out and put a small screw in. Then re inflated. It’s a 1000 mile old tyre so would prefer a repair if doable
See what the garage says. When I get time to take it!

[Ken_Code]

milu said:

Fortunately at home. Saw the XL drawing pin in the front tyre. Is losing air.
Any tips?
Take wheel off myself or try to limp to garage?

Irrespective of what’s “best” I either stick a screw in it and take it in to be repaired / replaced of more likely bung some goop in and worry about it later.

One day it’ll possibly explode and kill me, but not yet.

[Wacky Racer]

Don't mess about. get a new tyre.

Your life is worth far more

[Birky_41]

Buy a plug kit for £15-20 quid and use one of them to repair then keep that said repair kit in your bumbag or something thats easily stored while out if you can

I've toured 4000+ miles with plugs in my tyre. They say temp but I've never had an issue in 100k miles and 20+ years

[Steve_H80]

Assuming you've got the time.
Get a repair kit. Now is good time to learn how to use it and to see how effective the little CO2 bottles are. Then go get the tyre plugged professionally.
Unless you've got bang on trend spoked wheels with inner-tubes, in which case you're fooked - although slime or squirty foam might work.

Edited by Steve_H80 on Friday 31st May 09:28

[myvision]

I used a plug kit from Ebay on a 50 mile old Battlax T31 the tyre is now on 3500 miles and loses no pressure at all.
I'd never plugged a tyre before but no chance was i replacing a brand new tyre.

[mikey_b]

I have also ridden thousands of miles on plugged tyres. Zero issues. The level of some people's panic over repairs is absolutely ridiculous.