Drat and double drat

[KozmoNaut]

I wanted to go for a ride on my bike yesterday in the uncommonly-great weather, but I only got 2 minutes away from home before I noticed a severe rear wheel vibration at ~80kph.

So I turned back home immediately to check it out, and...






Looks like I'm either going to finally learn how to use tyre irons on something bigger than a pushbike, or find a tyre shop that can handle tubed tyres.

[Welly]

I would have checked the tyres over thoroughly before use

What made it vibrate though?

[Bailes1992]

A bit irresponsible going out in a vehicle without checking the tyres over.
I jack my car up twice a day and check all the tyres over before I drive!

Expected better of you to be fair!

[scotty73]

A bit irresponsible going out in a vehicle without checking the tyres over.
I jack my car up twice a day and check all the tyres over before I drive!

Expected better of you to be fair!

What's mad there is I could believe it of you.

[steve_earwig]

That's a bugger

Did you ever think about using one of those tyre pluggers?

[Doggy]

Really bad luck.

From bitter experience, I can tell you it's even more annoying if they were your own screws, (or nails).

[scotty73]

Really bad luck.

From bitter experience, I can tell you it's even more annoying if they were your own screws, (or nails).

Nowt worse than knowing you've screwed yourself over.

[Welly]

Looks like an 11/2"self-drilling BZP pan head. To be honest I'm amazed that managed to stab the tyre, bike tyres are very rounded and the screw is so long it should have just been pushed away. Maybe it happened at a crawling pace where the screw stood up perfectly to enter the tyre.

Kosmo, you haven't upset anyone over there have you?

[steve_earwig]

Probably flicked it with the front, then caught it with the rear. Do-do happens, as they say.

[dirtydirtydiesel]

Plug it with a repair kit, there less than £15 here & I have been using them for over 15 years without problems.
Your tyre looks to have loads of tread left & it's in the perfect place for a repair almost smack bang in the middle.
If you are concerned about the safety of them our local bike tyre specialist recomends them & fits them as do the RAC & I used them in my 180mph ZX10R

[KozmoNaut]

Actually, I do a super quick visual check of the bike before I get on it (safety first and all that), but it must have been against the ground since I completely missed it. I usually put the bike on a stand when lubing the chain, and I completely check the tyres while it's up there anyway, but they were fine the last time I checked.

As for upsetting anyone, well there is actually a carpenter right across the street from where I park my bike, but I can't recall ever upsetting them, or interacting with them in any way really. It must have happened the last time I rode it, I usually do a tour of some twisty b-roads. It's not impossible at all that the screw came from one of the farms etc. along my route.

I think maybe the vibration happened because the tyre was almost flat, but I'm dreading the possibility that the screw lodged itself against the rim, and was pounding against the inside, gouging it in the process. Won't know for sure until my tyre guy has had a look at it, but if so, I'll need a new rim installed. Unfortunately, Excel wheels are rather pricey.

Plugs are out of the question, since they are wire wheels and the tyres have tubes in them. The upside is that I can get away with just putting in a new tube, hopefully. If they were tubeless tyres, I would not hesitate to use a good-quality plug, I have never heard of them failing when properly installed.