The dreaded flat tire.

On my way to work this morning I managed to get my first flat on my ATs. Thankfully it was within the last 100 yards of my commute which led to me not even realizing it was flat until I was completely stopped and walking in. Here's where my question lies, the lovely nail pictured on my desk had not only punctured my tire, but was completely through the tire and the tube. I've already ordered a new tube (and a spare) and i ordered a new tire for it as well. Do you guys think the new tire is necessary at this point? Or would just throwing the new tube in it with a tire liner (also purchased a strip of that today) be fine for the life of that tire? I've probably only put around 100~ miles on them so far so they're still pretty new.

 

This was in my popular forum threads for the month. lel.

I'd get a new tyre tbh they're quite cheap compared to the told ones especially when you buy four, I think there's a cheaper place to buy them too.

 

I would replace all four tires. In fact I did on mine without a flat. The stock AT tires are relatively high profile, low pressure, thin-walled, and difficult to balance. I put Trampa Urban Treadz on the stock hubs with stock inner tubes. The Treadz are 6.5 in. instead of 7" so you have to be careful to not get the inner tube caught between the two halves of the hub. I used some threaded rod, spacers, and nuts as a tool to hold the hub halves within about 1/8 in. of fully closed while I went around with a small ball end driver and cleared any places the inner tube was in the gap. Then I put the hub bolts in and completed the assembly. The Treadz are rated to 85 psi instead of the 50 psi stock tires. I have been running them at 75 psi for about a month with no problems. Roughly 200 miles. I was able to balance them more consistently. There are no speed wobbles. They are much tighter around sustained turns and roll much further than the stock tires. Just beware that the board will be wrong about your speed and distance by 7/6.5. I use an app to track my rides anyway.