fixing tyre

[EYAL400]

I had a puncture in my rear wheel and I fixed it with a worm .
is it o . k . or I have to fix it ?

[Gert]

Where was the puncture located, on the tread section or the side wall? more detail please.

[Timmo]

Considering your location I would replace.

[Brockett]

if you still have the instructions ... what do they advise?
Generally a roadside fix is just good enough to get you home (up to 80km - 50 miles)
I believe I have read that a tyre plugged and glued from the inside where a small round hole is in and the cenral area of the tread may be ridden for a few thousand miles on good roads at up to 80kph - 50 mph.

[EYAL400]

the puncture was in the tread .

[Gert]

A good few months ago, I did a string / worm type repair, to an almost new tyre (15% worn). Almost 6,800 km later the tread is worn to a point where the repair is now causing a slow leak. The tyre has seen both high speed and minor off-road travel. The repair held up well. Guess the repair was done correctly and that the tyre pressure checked before each ride. Now time for a new tyre.

[Munchen]

I might on my own here but for the sake of the equivalent of around ?150, I personally would buy a new tyre rather than risk a potentially catastrophic high-speed blow out.

[Ianmc]

I have had a screw through the tread of a nearly new tyre on the rear of my Pan.As it had Tyreseal in it,I took the screw out and rode home,no problems at all,the tyre ran to the end of its life.On the other hand,on the way to Cornwall in the spring of 2016,I felt something was not right(bike had a couple of small shakes on the motorway).Pulled up and the rear tyre was deflated and came off the rims as I stopped).This time it was a simply a hole,the tyre had slowly deflated and I think I was lucky.The moral of the story is,use tyre sealants,they do work .BTW this tyre had only done 500 mls. and it did not have tyre sealant in it.I had to be recovered and have a new tyre fitted on a Saturday afternoon.Luckily enough the recovery firm knew the Exeter area well and I was on my way after a couple of hours.