Pinch flatted, tiny hole right on the bead. Anyone had success fixing this typa thing, if so how?
Cheers!
(sorry, this pic might be massive!)
[edit]tyre is only a few months old 🙁 )
I’d think that would be difficult to fix there by the bead for future tubeless use. Maybe just run it with a tube in if the tyre is still quite new and you can’t bear to throw it out....
How do you pinch flat a tubeless tyre - can’t say I’ve ever done that?!
I've fixed more than one mtb tyre that's been pinch flatted by sticking a worm in. The one on my current rear tyre has been there months.
Might be able to stitch it back together. Dental floss.
As above, repaired on with a motorbike mushroom plug and its still going strong and tubeless. Trimmed it down in line with the inside edge of the tyre and trimmed the outside down flat with the tyre so it would seat on the rim.
Repaired several tyres like that just using standard tubeless plugs. Never had an issue
Cool, thanks. Was dubious about a plug as it is right on the rim and doubted it would hold air, but worth a try.
How do you pinch flat a tubeless tyre – can’t say I’ve ever done that?!
I hit a square edged kerb, in too much of a rush to put more air in the already a bit too soft tyre. Clumsy, in a rush. Stoopid.
Oh yeah, especially worth a try as the spare tyre I had, I fitted, only to find it was too fat for the mudguards on my Tripster. Goddam, sometimes I hate bikes!
+1 for mushrooms. You can even buy smaller size that seems to be ideal for bicycle tyres.
Cheers!
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Bin for me... .just pointless having an extra potential point of failure if 20 miles from home
It's got a anchovy through and a Hutchinson tubeless patch on the inside and it seated fine and is staying up ..
I'd post a pic but the excitement might be too much to bear!
cheers all 🙂
Superb, no point wasting a good tyre.
If you want to belt and brace it, get some Loctite Powerflex - flexible superglue and paste a little over the outside of the anchovy just to stop it getting knocked and potentially dislodged. The superglue costs a couple of quid for three small tubes.
That would have been fine with just a little standard tube patch ime (glue type not self adhesive)
Yeah, I did also consider gluing a piece of innertube inside, but I'm happy that I've sorted it now til the mudguards come off and the fat(ter) tyre can go on
Mushroom plug should sort that. Just did the same on a tyre bead, right in the place you’ve pictured. As long as you trim the outside of the plug properly flush with tyre surface, it should be fine.
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@DezB, let us know if it holds up!
I managed to hole a nearly new rear tyre in almost exactly the same place* a couple of weeks back and i've not enough faith in a patch holding up that close to the bead. I will be happy to be proved wrong 🙂
*it might be a bit of a bigger hole, a sharp stone went in through the tread and out against the bead leaving a big scratch on the rim
Been fine for 30odd miles commuting on shitty roads. I trust it to stay that way 🙂
Ahhhh you commute on it. I'd risk patching it for that, my concern was for anything a little more 'strenuous' 😉
It's strenuous enough for me ya cheeky get! 🙂
