How am I going to mount tires now?

smorgasbord

smorgasbord

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Just saw this news item:

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I know that you are being tongue-in-cheek and I've used plenty of baby powder in the past, but I bought some actual tire mounting lubricant paste a couple of years back when I was doing a bunch of motorcycle tire swaps at home. I had also been using diluted dish detergent in a spray bottle, all the usual stuff. But the real tire lubricant paste stuff is the bee's knees and works great on bicycle tires as well.

Price seems to have gone up - I paid $17 shipped for an 8# pail (which will likely last me as long as I am changing my own tires), but I highly recommend something like the attached - or any brand of similar product. The right tool for the job and such.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H7VCWN5/

P.S.: It is also easy enough to carry some of this lube in a small double zip-lock bag to facilitate any necessary tire removal on the road.
 
TMH said:
I know that you are being tongue-in-cheek and I've used plenty of baby powder in the past, but I bought some actual tire mounting lubricant paste a couple of years back when I was doing a bunch of motorcycle tire swaps at home. I had also been using diluted dish detergent in a spray bottle, all the usual stuff. But the real tire lubricant paste stuff is the bee's knees and works great on bicycle tires as well.

Price seems to have gone up - I paid $17 shipped for an 8# pail (which will likely last me as long as I am changing my own tires), but I highly recommend something like the attached - or any brand of similar product. The right tool for the job and such.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H7VCWN5/

P.S.: It is also easy enough to carry some of this lube in a small double zip-lock bag to facilitate any necessary tire removal on the road.
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I use baby powder to coat all my tubes and the inside surfaces of the tires so I'll be on the look out for a another can of powder...
 
Windex is what we used on the motorbikes. 👍
Easy clean up too. I haven't found the need for anything on bicycle tires. They just pop on and off, very easily. I think OP wrestles with the tannis armor thingies. 😋
 
Yeah, with the Tannus Armor, talcum powder was the ticket. What's nice about the powder is that it doesn't dry up. You're supposed to deflate your tires with the Armor in them if you're not doing to riding for a while (to let the stuff decompress), so it's good to have lubricant in there when you refill the tires. With Windex the stuff evaporates away and the tube ends up actually sticking to the inside of the tire.
 
Dave Rocks said:
Corn Starch.
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J&J is replacing the talc in their personal use products with corn starch. The manufacturers of tire talc don't offer an ingredients list, other than the prodcut name, "talc". Some sites list 'non-medical use' and hazardous material warnings, as well as restrictions on sales in some states. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing they'd do for corn starch. Are you saying it is actually corn starch? Source, please?
 
Sierratim said:
J&J is replacing the talc in their personal use products with corn starch. The manufacturers of tire talc don't offer an ingredients list, other than the prodcut name, "talc". Some sites list 'non-medical use' and hazardous material warnings, as well as restrictions on sales in some states. Doesn't sound like the kind of thing they'd do for corn starch. Are you saying it is actually corn starch? Source, please?
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Not to belabor the point, but here's the MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet) for one brand of tire talc. It identifies the main ingredient as magnesium silicate hydroxide, i.e. "Talc". No mention of corn starch.
 

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TMH said:
P.S.: It is also easy enough to carry some of this lube in a small double zip-lock bag to facilitate any necessary tire removal on the road.
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For a moment , I thought you were carrying a white powder around in a zip tie bag .....
" but officer, I use it when I get flat"
 
smorgasbord said:
Yeah, with the Tannus Armor, talcum powder was the ticket. What's nice about the powder is that it doesn't dry up. You're supposed to deflate your tires with the Armor in them if you're not doing to riding for a while (to let the stuff decompress), so it's good to have lubricant in there when you refill the tires. With Windex the stuff evaporates away and the tube ends up actually sticking to the inside of the tire.
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Where did you read thd advice to deflate tubes with tannus? I just want to check the details - ie if the kids rude regularly do I need to deflate occasionally, or us it mire a probkem that you get flat spotsinnsections of tannus?
 
PDoz said:
For a moment , I thought you were carrying a white powder around in a zip tie bag .....
" but officer, I use it when I get flat"
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I actually do carry my extra MC and bicycle tubes sealed in zip-lock bags pre-baby powdered for immediate use.

"Really officer, it is just baby powder. Here- sniff it!"
 
TMH said:
I actually do carry my extra MC and bicycle tubes sealed in zip-lock bags pre-baby powdered for immediate use.

"Really officer, it is just baby powder. Here- sniff it!"
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I do the same. Makes the tubes easier to 'smooth out' in the tire and keeps them from bonding to the tire casing with heat and pressure.
 
There are dozens of talcum powder brands on Amazon. Johnson-Johnson is not the cheapest one, why worry...
 
I can see a whole new ebike industry forming - "need for speed" , just call when you are flat , our riders will bring a pre powdered fix.
 
Hah! I found a jar of yeast at safeway yesterday for $4.99--a jar not a packet.
Corn starch can be found or used to be in grocery stores. Do not confuse it with corn meal.
 
Alex M said:
There are dozens of talcum powder brands on Amazon. Johnson-Johnson is not the cheapest one, why worry...
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With "tire talc" readily available, there is no need to worry. I looked at several of the online talc brands, but they were either out of stock or corn starch. I'm sure there are exceptions for now, but tire talc is the future!...🤣
 
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