Topic: Deck screw in tire, replace tire, or plug and re-use?

[Hasenkopf]

 I had a flat the other day, tube type tire... there is a deck screw in it, do I replace the tire and tube?  or use a plug/patch in the tire and just replace the tube...any thoughts?

[lucky]

I had a flat the other day, tube type tire... there is a deck screw in it, do I replace the tire and tube?  or use a plug/patch in the tire and just replace the tube...any thoughts?

Do not use a plug, have a hot patch put inside the tire and get a new tube.

[Hasenkopf]

yeah, hot patch was an idea, if I could find a shop to do it...the other was one of those patches that  also have a rubber plug attached.  thanks !

[lucky]

You can get hot patches at some bicycle shops.
Good tire shops have them too.

Any way a patch inside the tire is what is needed.

[BobbyR]

The question is why patch it? It is a fairly small hole.  The tube holds the air anyway. When you patch tubed tire you create a high spot inside the tire that the new tube can rub on it.

[Hasenkopf]

patch is to prevent blowout....like in those comics from those 50's hot rod magazines!

[scottly]

The question is why patch it? It is a fairly small hole.  The tube holds the air anyway. When you patch tubed tire you create a high spot inside the tire that the new tube can rub on it.

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