today while I was on my bike ride I had just turned around to head home when i run over a STAPLE :eek: 🙄 ... OF ALL THINGS lol, well the staple put a pinprick in my front tire,and soon I hear it letting go of air, well at the LBS I have a unlimted tube replacement along with a warranty/tune-up thing I got for $50 for 5 years, but that is ONLY tube replacement not inlcluding normal wear n tear on the tire, so can I just have them replace the tube and get away with it, or will it grow bigger and bigger anytime soon until I have to buy a new tire (I am 14 , just bought the bike, no money, and don't want to buy a tire if at all possible)
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theyoungkid said:
today while I was on my bike ride I had just turned around to head home when i run over a STAPLE :eek: 🙄 ... OF ALL THINGS lol, well the staple put a pinprick in my front tire,and soon I hear it letting go of air, well at the LBS I have a unlimted tube replacement along with a warranty/tune-up thing I got for $50 for 5 years, but that is ONLY tube replacement not inlcluding normal wear n tear on the tire, so can I just have them replace the tube and get away with it, or will it grow bigger and bigger anytime soon until I have to buy a new tire (I am 14 , just bought the bike, no money, and don't want to buy a tire if at all possible)
You wouldn't need a new tire. -
See my post in this thread.
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You won't need to worry about a new tire. A little pin hole like that won't make any difference as long as you get the staple out.
Of course if you don't get the staple out you'll be using quite a bit of that warranty.😉
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I commute to work, and ride along a canal on the back side of a lower end appartment complex, so there is broken glass all of the time on the canal. (This morning there was a torched car off to the side, but that is another story) I average about a flat a week. I ride slicks on a mountain bike, and they look like swiss cheese. My tires a so full of holes, even I am amazed they still roll. But for $50US for a set of tires, I don't want to buy them very often. Although, I wore out a pair just last week (2100 miles) and my tube was sticking through the tire, that's when you need to worry. :-)
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amaddeus said:
I commute to work, and ride along a canal on the back side of a lower end appartment complex, so there is broken glass all of the time on the canal. (This morning there was a torched car off to the side, but that is another story) I average about a flat a week. I ride slicks on a mountain bike, and they look like swiss cheese. My tires a so full of holes, even I am amazed they still roll. But for $50US for a set of tires, I don't want to buy them very often. Although, I wore out a pair just last week (2100 miles) and my tube was sticking through the tire, that's when you need to worry. :-)
well that might be a lil much but one staple removed is no biggie
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