Re: [ST] Patch or replace?

["Ashley Bennett" <spondon955@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't care what anybody says but a tyre that is patched properly is 99% as
good as a new one.
Ashley
Spondon 955
'95 Speed Triple

> I dropped by KC Engineering today to get the rear (D205) replaced,
> after I picked up a nail yesterday.  They suggested that since it had
> <1000 miles on it, I might want to patch it rather than replacing it.
>
> Based on no hard evidence at all, this didn't feel like such a great
> idea, so I said to just replace it.  ($170 total, 850 miles on the old
> one.  $2/mile.  Wow.)
>
> Are patched tires as good as new ones?  On a car I'd just do it, but
> on a bike?



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