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My first puncture... Help!? :o(

  • 08-10-2006 11:29pm
    #1
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭


    Hi all,

    Well, it has finally happened... First puncture. Rear tyre. Knew it as soon as I got on the bike this morning. :(

    I found the culprit, a nail, right in the middle of the tyre. I think that if I take it out the whole will be minimal. My question is, what is the easiest, cheapest, fastest way of fixing this puncture? I really don't want to change the tyre... They're Bridgestone and only 3 months old... And I'm broke this month. Big time!

    Any help welcome!


Comments

  • #2
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    You're probably kinda lucky with the location of the puncture - right in the middle is a good place for diy repairs ;)

    How-to

    Good luck with it :)


  • #3
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Thank you Wossack! Do you know where I can get such a repair kit (on a Monday...)?

    Thank you!


  • #4
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Hmm good question, I'm afaid I dont, and I think alot of the bike shops are closed mondays (woulda been my first bet) :(


  • #5
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,550 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    You could get the puncture fixed in the Bike Tyre Company if it's any where near you.. They're on Ossory Road, off of Strand Road..


  • #6
    Drax
    Closed Accounts Posts: 512 ✭✭✭Drax


    Hey Steffano, have a look at this recent post.
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2054998659


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  • #7
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Hi guys! Got the puncture fixed!

    I don't know the name of the shop but it's on Dorset Street (when you're coming from Drumcondra it is on the left about 50 metres before the left turn onto O'Connell street) and it was open today! The guy just wheeled the bike inside, took the nail out and did what was outlined in the website Wossack posted above. It took him 5 minutes! Cost: €10 EUR. All happy now!

    I think I'll get a proper puncture repair kit though. Looks simple enough to fix these punctures!


  • #8
    Wossack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,044 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Glad to hear you got it sorted ;) 10 quid? grand stuff


  • #9
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    Yeah! The guy was sound and he did it straight away! I have to say I was delighted to get it sorted so fast (and cheap)!


  • #10
    seinstein
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 54 ✭✭seinstein


    €10? I'dve given him €5, no more, but maybe less. €10 wudda bin enough for him to give you a flippin' tutorial! :)


  • #11
    Steffano2002
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,918 ✭✭✭Steffano2002


    I wasn't going to complain! Wanted it fixed straight away (on a Monday!) and he did!


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