Here's an ouch!!

[Richard]

New tires on hybrid.

Driving to a work location the other day. Felt a bit of an odd thump BUT, this road has had some potholes filled.... drove on.

Get to work location. Happened to be the county Highway Dept. Do my stuff...end of day go to car to go home. Pull out of parking spot into general parking lot and I hear "tick......tick.......tick....." as the car moved (as the tire rotated)

Got out, rear passenger was flat. Ugh.... Honda doesn't give a spare with car, you've got to get the parts yourself. I wasn't terribly worried as these were new tires.

I immediatly see a shiney object. Clearly I'd driven over a screw or something. I realize, I'm at the Hwy dept....they have a full machine shop. They've got air compressors. They can likely fill tire and I can limp to shop on way home. Stop to ask. "Bring it in and we'll take care of it"

Guy pulled the "nail" out. Ouch (this is after he used pliers to lever it out but had to get something stronger because the fender was blocking path and he had to pull sideways a bit)

Got the bugger pulled out. He pulled out his tire plug kit and slapped two plugs into it. Drove to tire shop pretty much expecting that this tire was toast. They concurred saying they didn't think a hole this big would still last as long with an internal patch. Brand new tire, to the recycle bin.

Here's a full shot of the anchor bolt. I have NO idea where this happened or how. AND it seems it went in blunt end first.

 

[ponytug]

Ouch is right.

Luck of the impact as you drove over it.

Once, I ripped a five inch tear in a sidewall at about 0.5mph backing out of a congested parking space, just grazing a curb. Very new tires. The first tow company wouldn't tow the car, and the second gave me the runaround about where they were willing to tow it. (I must have bad tow karma.) I had to replace two tires. $$$

I've had all sorts of metal in our tires, sometimes even flat sheets of heavy gauge steel, that I looked at and "thought how on earth did this end up vertically in tire?"

I once started to drive out of strip mall parking lot, and saw something shine in the gutter, thought better of it and went over to look. Someone had lost a couple of pounds of 1-1/2" roofing screws right in the gutter, as if they had bounced out of an open box in the back of truck. I tried to pick up what I could, but I could see shiny things in the (heavily trafficked) road.

Yeah, I took the long way home.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Jstpssng]

I 've heard of some strange things in tires. One of the oddest was a set of car keys. Nobody knew who they belonged to. It must have been hard to balance.

 

[kenmac]

I've patched much larger holes with a patch from the inside that lasted the life of the tread. Some sell / offer a road hazard warranty that would have take care of this

 

[steve tym]

I helped a lady change a tire once because she had a 3/4" combination wrench sticking out of it.

 

[Runner]

I'm amazed at how small things can flat a bike tire. I ride thousands of miles per year and most of my flats are from wire. Small pieces of wire that looks like belting from car tires. Big stuff I can see and avoid (usually) but wire, not a chance.

The wire usually stays embedded in the tire, so after I patch the tube, I have to run my fingers around the inside of the tire to find the wire and remove it.

 

[JJT]

"I have NO idea where this happened or how."

I'll bet the front tire kicked this up and the rear tire caught it just right.

 

[part-time-Farmer-NC]

Wife had a wire stripper like this one without the rubber handles. It went through the tire sideways. and it was a fairly new tire. No I didn't get the road warranty. I still don't buy those.

 

[Eagle1]

Wife had a wire stripper like this one without the rubber handles. It went through the tire sideways. and it was a fairly new tire. No I didn't get the road warranty. I still don't buy those.

You win even my daughter has not managed that, keys, railroad spikes 6 holes from running over a pallet.

 

[QRTRHRS]

This is the spare on my 10k trailer. After loading up 100 bales of hay, my friend noticed a low tire. I had checked the pressure prior to the 45 minute drive to his farm. We pumped it up and it seemed to hold air so I was on my way. I stopped to check the tire and my straps along the way. It was a bit low but I felt that I could make it home. After unloading, I pulled the tire and there was a 3/8" x ~3" bolt in it. My tire shop put a patch on the inside. I figured that I would just use it for the spare. Sometime later, when I pre-tripped the trailer, I saw the tread starting to separate. The trailer mostly sits so I am keeping my fingers crossed until I replace the other four and use one as a spare.