this is really a good thread for me this week. it hits the "nail on the head" sort to speak!!
i pulled a small nail out of my rear tire, it was about 3/4 inch long, but went in diaginally. i pulled it out and was expecting an air leak, but had none. i ride with Dyna Beads so putting a mushroom plug in isn't a good idea since all those little beads will stick to the plug severly compromising the balance of the tire. so, i left it alone.
while out on a ride the other day, i thought to my self, would the small bead act as a plug? is it possible for the hole to get plugged with the bead??? is there a powder that you can put in your tire to prevent an air leak? what would happen if you take a crushed powdery material and put it in your tire? would it act as a patch. i know that there is a "reseal" liquid people have used, but you wouldn't want to use that with dyna beads either.
al.
I got a little angled nail like that in a new tire. You couldn't easily tell that it was leaking, unless you
sprayed water on it... I took the tire off and put a patch on the inside. I bet the patch would
be OK with Dyna-beads...


-Mike