So I got a used bike a few days ago from a local dealer. I purchased the tire insurance, the sales guy kind of hinted that I could just stick a nail in the tire when I needed a new one.
Well I noticed some belt showing on my tire already, should I stick a nail in it and call it in? Would it be ok to stick a small nail in there and drive about 5 miles, not going over 35mph, as long as it wasn't leaking?

 

I will assume the paper work you signed on the insurance will have something listed about how much tread life it left....

 

Hmm, yeah. Trying to find it now. Sales guy might have tricked me into buying it ;/

 

^^ Ditto that. I hit a nail and drove to the dealer on the freeway (not recommended) after filling the tires at a gas station. So long as it will hold plenty of air to get you there you should be more than ok. You might look suspicious though rolling up with a nail gun in your back pack.

 

usually some places are ******* about things like that and your warranty isnt valid if you have gotten to the belt/inner thread of the tires. you gotta read the fine print

 

I got my tires (Michelin Pilots) at Cycle Gear in Atlanta. I purchased the insurance with the NEW set of tires. I have used the insurance twice since December for road debris in the tires. All in all it is a good idea to get the insurance it has saved me ALOT of money. I really don't think that you should stoop to intentionally putting nails into your tire just to get a few bucks off. That is just a low as stealing from another rider and the insurance rates at Cycle Gear just went from 10% of the tire price to 15% of the tire price because of a whole lot of people doing just that. So, you save yourself a little money at the expense of COSTING your fellow riders money out of pocket. Just my opinion....take it for what it is worth.

Tony