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I've had a small nail in my rear tire for a few days but the pressure wasn't decreasing so I wasn't too worried. I wasn't even sure if it had penetrated. I figure to have another thousand or so in this tire so I was just keeping an eye on it. But this afternoon the bike started getting kind of sloppy. It didn't want to lean over and then when it did, it didn't want to straighten up. I figured it was the tire. As I pulled back into the driveway I scraped the centerstand; that rarely happens! I checked the pressure and all but about 5 lbs of the air had FALLEN OUT on the road! In the garage I put it on the centerstand and took a look. Not only did I have my little fiend (the small nail), it now had a big bother! The small nail was toward the center, while the bigger one was over towards the side. I pulled the nails and the last of the air fell out all over the garage floor! Don't worry though, I swept it all out the door. (Now, I might have done the next few things in the wrong order.) I took the valve core out and figured the amount of RideOn to use, just over 7 ozs, and put it in. I cleared the valve stem, put the core back in, spun the tire some and aired it up. The air just rushed out. So I started the bike, put it in gear and ran it up a little. Added more air and out it came. I thought it was coming from the hole near the side so I plugged it with a standard tubeless tire plug. Aired it up and it seemed to hold, so per the instructions, I went for a 5 mile ride, leaning to the left as much as possible. By the time I got home I knew I had at less than 5lbs of air! Sure enough I had about 3lbs, and then I noticed something dripping from my hidden hitch. I looked up behind the wheel and the inner fender had a big stripe of RideOn on it!!! Apparently it was coming out of the small hole. I would think it should have sealed it! I decided to plug that one too. I haven't had a chance to ride since. I aired it up to 40lbs and I'll check it in the morning. I'm supposed to be going for a Thanksgiving ride tomorrow! I'm not real happy with RideOn at the moment. I have had it in tires before (one with a plug) but have never gotten a hole in them. Maybe I should have put the RideOn in before I pulled the nails, but I don't think that should make a difference. I don't know that I trust it now. Maybe if TireGooGuy sees this he can tell us why it didn't work. Below are some pictures. I didn't take any before I pulled the nails but you should be able to see where they were. As well as the RideOn on the hitch and fender. I'm not only cheap, but poor. I want to get all the mileage that I can out of these tires. They are at around 15k now. I have two new tires waiting in the wings but I'm not quite ready to give in!