For the rest, when sewing a tire, do you plug inbetween the stitches then? Or do you actually tie it tight enough to block leaks? Are you just bringing the tire together, or actually overlapping rubber? What kind of needle, as I figure a regular sewing needle is a bit thin for this task?
This was a 49" tall Interco "Irok" offroad tire, in the sidewall, which is extremely thick on them. We punched small holes (maybe 1/8") in the tire and stitched it up using bailing wire. Just to bring it together, then patched the inside up with regular patches, then a piece of inner tube glued over that.
This was an extreme case, but the tire cost a lot of $, and the rip in the tire was about 3" long. It made it through the day, then he had it vulcanized before the next time he took it riding.
When you're running 49" tires, like my buddy, you don't bring a spare tire.
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