New rear tire or both new tires?

[Whoops]

So I called around and as previously stated, pretty much everyone refused to repair the tire. I did find one shop that said “bring it down and I will take a look at it”. Once I got there he said “Nope, can’t touch it. But go down to this other shop and ask for Chris. Tell him I sent you.”

Turns out Chris doesn’t give two craps about liability and was happy to try and plug it. It still has a slow leak though but he offered to try again if that happened. I will give him another crack at it and if nothing else it gets me by until the Bridgestone’s arrive.

Again, I learn that life is more often who you know rather than what you know.