Originally Posted by mihlbach
A more obvious soloution to the dollar bill trick is to apply an inner tube patch to the inside of your tire. I've gotten several small tears in tires in the past few months and in addition to patching the tube, I've patched the inside of the tire. It will take a lot longer to wear/rip through a patch than a dollar bill.
That works very well for small tears in tires (glueless patches too).
I had an even bigger screw go through both sides of a Marathon tire like that during a rain ride. I think I used a Powerbar wrapper as a tire boot.