Ok, it finally happened. Going for a quick breakfast ride with a buddy early this morning to beat the 100+ heat and saw the dreaded red light on the dash, then the display started telling me I had a low rear tire. As I slowed and pulled over (from about 85 mph), the display dropped from the 42 psi it had when I left the house to 35, 32, 29, etc.
Pulled over and found a small piece of brown, probably beer bottle, glass had punctured the PR3 right in one of the wide tread grooves an inch-and-a-half off center. Buddy turned around and came back, saw the issue, then headed home to get his truck and ramps. Luckily there was a little shade from some Cedar trees along the side of the road (Hwy 180 west of Palo Pinto) where I spent the next 45 minutes. Tire was FLAT by the time he got back.
Anyway, got it home and plugged the tire. Now, what to do? (And no, I haven't done a forum search yet.
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The tire has 4,002 miles on it. Very slight flattening in the center and is still a fair piece from the wear bars. (See the attached pics of "flat" spot and the center wear bar.) I really hate to toss a tire with this much tread left, but sounds like the general concensus among the "experts" is to get a new tire.
If this topic hasn't been beat to death in another thread, how about you guys giving me your opinions?