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I took my AT off pavement for the first time today. about 12 miles down the forest road it started to handle funny. Felt like a flat tire. Turns out it was.
Somehow, a bolt punctured the rear tire head first. My best guess is it was jammed between some board on a bridge and I hit it dead on. It's roughly a 6mm bolt.
I can't pull it out the way it went in, but the head must have created a good size hole in the tire.
Given it's a tube tire, can I just plug the hole like you would a tubeless, install a new tube and run it? Or do I need a new tire?
I'd like to get more mileage out of the tire (it only has about 550 miles) if it is safe to run. I did plan on getting more aggressive tires next spring for offroad trips, but was planning on swapping back to the stock tires for commuting.
BTW, I was having a blast right up until this point. I have been dying to get the bike off pavement, and this was the first chance I got.
Somehow, a bolt punctured the rear tire head first. My best guess is it was jammed between some board on a bridge and I hit it dead on. It's roughly a 6mm bolt.
I can't pull it out the way it went in, but the head must have created a good size hole in the tire.
Given it's a tube tire, can I just plug the hole like you would a tubeless, install a new tube and run it? Or do I need a new tire?
I'd like to get more mileage out of the tire (it only has about 550 miles) if it is safe to run. I did plan on getting more aggressive tires next spring for offroad trips, but was planning on swapping back to the stock tires for commuting.
BTW, I was having a blast right up until this point. I have been dying to get the bike off pavement, and this was the first chance I got.
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