screw thru Gatorskins

Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

Woland99 wrote:
Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

You put this on the outside over the tread? I'm not expert, but auto
tires are sometimes repaired by putting a patch over the hole on the inside.

"Eric Vey" wrote in message
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Woland99 wrote:
Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

You put this on the outside over the tread? I'm not expert, but auto tires
are sometimes repaired by putting a patch over the hole on the inside.

Tyre boot goes inside the tyre - there's no way it would work sensibly on
the outside :-)

To the OP - I'd suck it and see. If the boot bit is wearing away, it won't
work, otherwise it will probably be fine.

cheers,
clive

On Aug 27, 4:50*am, Woland99 wrote:
Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

I've used the Park tire boot on tires before. Rode one tire hundreds
if not thousands of miles with the boot on it. No problems.

On Aug 27, 8:41 am, "Clive George" wrote:
"Eric Vey" wrote in message

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Woland99 wrote:
Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

You put this on the outside over the tread? I'm not expert, but auto tires
are sometimes repaired by putting a patch over the hole on the inside.

Tyre boot goes inside the tyre - there's no way it would work sensibly on
the outside :-)

To the OP - I'd suck it and see. If the boot bit is wearing away, it won't
work, otherwise it will probably be fine.

cheers,
clive

Well yess - boot (which really is a credit card size patch with
adhesive) goes on inside. What I am I mostly concerned about is
tire splitting - starting with the puncture hole - I do not
have enough experience with that kind of situation. I guess I
will do couple shorter rides and see how it holds.i

On Aug 27, 7:07*am, "
wrote:
On Aug 27, 4:50*am, Woland99 wrote:





Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

I've used the Park tire boot on tires before. *Rode one tire hundreds
if not thousands of miles with the boot on it. *No problems

My experience with the Park boot was less auspicious. Rode less than
a hundred miles on it and then developed a slow abrasion leak in the
tube right at the edge of the boot. Went back to using powerbar
wrappers as boot material.

I'd expect a boot to work ok with the hole described by the OP, but
I'd keep my eye on it to see if the tire starts bulging out at that
point.

On Aug 27, 4:50*am, Woland99 wrote:
Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture?

No. Run it as a rear tire and fuggitabout it. Alternately, run cheaper
tires--what good are Gators if ya run over screws? ;-)

On Aug 27, 9:29*am, peter wrote:
On Aug 27, 7:07*am, "





wrote:
On Aug 27, 4:50*am, Woland99 wrote:

Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture? It is not big hole alho you
could
probably stick a sharpen pencil in it and it would poke the tip of
the
graphite in the other side.

On MTB I would not thing twice but those Gators suppose to go
to 95psi. Hole is about 5mm of the center of the thread.

I've used the Park tire boot on tires before. *Rode one tire hundreds
if not thousands of miles with the boot on it. *No problems

My experience with the Park boot was less auspicious. *Rode less than
a hundred miles on it and then developed a slow abrasion leak in the
tube right at the edge of the boot. *Went back to using powerbar
wrappers as boot material.

I'd expect a boot to work ok with the hole described by the OP, but
I'd keep my eye on it to see if the tire starts bulging out at that
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I'll agree the edge of the Park boot does tend to abrade and puncture
the tube. But it takes awhile. 100 miles? Replacing the tube with a
hole in it is much cheaper than replacing a still good tire. Not sure
why the tire would ever bulge out where the boot is. The boot is a
tough piece of thin plastic, the tube isn't going to push it out
through the hole in the tire.

On Aug 27, 5:50*am, Woland99 wrote:
Couple days ago I was coming home in a pouring rain and ran over
a short (but stubby) screw. Luckily just half a mile from home.
It created bad puncture in my almost new Gatorskins. Obviously
I do not want to have a blowout but I do not want to spend $40 on
the new tire either if I do not have to.

So question is - am I taking a risk by riding on that tire with
Park's
"tire boot" stuck over the puncture?

I ran over a screw outside Buffalo NY two years ago and it went right
through my newish Schwalb Marathons. I used the big useless 1x2" patch
from the patch kit I was carrying, with lots of cement.

I retired the tire just before this year's bike trip, so it probably
had 10,000 km (6k miles) on it since the boot was applied - the tread
was worn off and it was starting to get flats when it shouldn't have.
But the boot was fine, and the hole never grew.

If you align the patch with the puncture hole in the tire, it should act as
a boot. You will not get abrasion damage at the edge of a patch, since the
patch and tube are cemened together.