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Self Sealing Inner Tube: Do They Work ?
also, hang the tire valve up for an hour or more then pump with valve
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Self Sealing Inner Tube: Do They Work ?
On Apr 17, 3:16*am, Tēm ShermĒn °_° ""twshermanREMOVE\"@THI
$southslope.net" wrote: On 4/11/2011 11:20 AM, Bob wrote: Hello, Do those "self-sealing" inner tubes work ? Some swear by them, other swear at them. When putting on new tubes, worth going to the trouble to get them ? Any thoughts on would be appreciated. Thanks, Bob Do you live in an area with lots of puncture vine thorns, broken glass, etc where you will be riding? *Otherwise, flats are not that common, assuming that you are not using racing tires with relatively thin and fragile casings and tread. -- Tēm ShermĒn - 42.435731,-83.985007 I am a vehicular cyclist. Hi there. Carl Fogel has posted many links to images of Slime tubes that got him home even though they had a puncture usually from a goathead thorn. So yes, based on his experiences I'd say it works. I like the idea of a self-sealing tube preventing a flat that would inconvenience a whole group or riders on a club ride if they had to wait for the tube to be changed or repaired. Cheers from Peter |
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Self Sealing Inner Tube: Do They Work ?
On Apr 17, 5:06*pm, Chalo wrote:
T[]m Sherm/\n wrote: Bob wrote: Do those "self-sealing" inner tubes work ? Some swear by them, other swear at them. When putting on new tubes, worth going to the trouble to get them ? Any thoughts on would be appreciated. Do you live in an area with lots of puncture vine thorns, broken glass, etc where you will be riding? *Otherwise, flats are not that common, assuming that you are not using racing tires with relatively thin and fragile casings and tread. The basic problem with Slime and its analogues is that such substances treat an air valve as a puncture. *They also sometimes treat pump heads as punctures. *And they make patching much more difficult, bothersome, and unreliable. *It often surprises me how much nastiness and annoyance people will tolerate to avoid a relatively small amount of puncture repair, when it really isn't that big a deal. *(I don't live in goathead country, but I do get surprised by Slime in a lot of my customers' tires.) If you use a puncture-resistant tire that weighs as much extra as the amount of Slime most puncture-phobics use, you probably won't be getting punctures anyway. Chalo I had problems with slime clogging the air valves. Also because its slimy and green and get everywhere, I don't like it that much. MTBers use Stans sealant in their tubeless tires with great success. I decided to put a scoop of stan's in my inner tubes. I make a hole in the tire, inject stan's and presto. It is clean, doesn't seem to clog valves and seals very well. |
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