Originally Posted by garth
I got a screw through the tread, tube and sidewall on a rather expensive Vredenstien 700 x 23 tire yesterday. I did a field patch and it lasted through the rest of my ride. I will replace the tube but that still leaves a small hole in the sidewall which is visable (the tread hole appears better because the rubber seals it there.) When I fill the tube to 120 lbs there is no bulge in the sidewall but still I worry what might happen at speed. Should I use glue to patch the sidewall with some thin fabric or just let it be?
Garth
The old school way to fix a large sidewall tear or hole was to take a portion of an old tubular tire and glue it with rubber cement or patch glue to the inside of the tireover the tear. I've never used an old clincher for this, but it probably would work. I've never had a boot like this fail. Good luck.