Bugger it…
Ok I have a flat in my rear tyre (screw 
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Tyre has about 2k - 3k miles left in it.
Mobile puncture repair= £65 or thereabouts
New rear = £135
What do I do - is it worth the repair or shall I go for new?
Also anyone recommend a decent mobile puncture service??? Thanks 
take wheel off take it repair place, £15 sorted
How well does it hold air? If you can get it to a tyreshop they will fit a legal permanent plug for a lot less than £65.
mmm it’s true…first time I’ve had a flat in about 15 years and that was with an inner tube so I’m not sure of what to do tubeless wise.
Plugs are fine, as long as the hole is in the right place (in the tread area - not side walls).
When you see the plug, you’ll be fine - it’s massive!.
Carry a repair kit, they’re cheap, and stop you getting stranded.
Take it to OMC…
They will sort it out quick time !!!
Good idea.
If I use a repair kit plug is that temporary fix (ie do I then have to go to a tyre fitters for a repair?) Therefore plan is ,get repair kit, ride to the tyre fitters…
I’d love to just whip the rear wheel off and take it myself but I’m miles away from a repairer and don’t have access to a car…
what postcode u in?
also, a kit will cost around £15. replacing the cartridges will cost £12ish
use the temp repair then ride it to a tyre shop to get a proper plug fitted or if need be a new tyre, they’ll be able to advise which is best.
Depending on where you are OMC, FWR or Essential tyres will get you sorted out.
SW18
funnily enough, I’m working in SW18 tomorrow morning at 9am. I could help you plug it and you just give me the cash for the gas canisters. I did my tyre last week and ordered them so can show you the cost
Im only in the area tomorrow morning though
Are you sure Jaime - don’t wanna put you out…
How much air is it losing? A screw normally only leaks slowly in a tubeless tire so may not need plugging. I rode from Surrey/SW20 border to FWR with a screw in the tire a few weeks back with no problem but it was only losing a few PSI overnight.
An old timer’s roadside fix for a tubeless puncture is to screw a screw into it as a temporary fix. I know a few GOGs that carry some self tapping screws at all times for that very purpose.
MMM… that might work
SHOULD WORK. my puncture lasted 2 miles to flat
I’ved used plugs load of times, they’re fine. Don’t waste your cash on a tyre !
Puncture repair strings. Meant to be temporary but most people I know use them as permanent. I pulled a nail out my rear tyre in May and plugged it with a string. Lasted fine until I replaced the tyre last month. I’m not Rossi on a litre bike though.
If you can plug it do it. If you use the gas cannisters make sure you get to a petrol station and let all the air out and refill it up to pressure.
Plugs can last the rest of the tyres life and you can have more than 1 in a tyre. I had three going to Wales, plugged them all and it lasted :blink: Had plugged tyres on track, not ideal but caused no problem, I suppose it all depends on how annual you are 
If you need it plugged and Jaime can’t do it let me know.
Thanks for all the advice and offers guys.
I’ve decided I might as well learn to do this cos it can only happen again…
So I’m off to Infinity for a plug kit, wack it in (can’t e that hard surely?) and then tootle off to either FWR or OMC whichever can permanently fix it he quickest,
Thinking about it I can’t believe my luck - 30 odd years of riding and only a couple of punctures all of them on tubed tyres so no experience of tubeless flats.
Maybe there ain’t many chippies around here dropping there screws and nails all over the place…
