Slime question?
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AHicks
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Centrifugal force spreads it out as soon as the tire starts turning.
Saratoga Dave
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Someone here will supply a science based and correct answer, but I reckon it’s just centrifugal force when the tire starts spinning. I always thought the interesting part is that it congeals only when it encounters a leak or hole, whether while spinning or with the aid of gravity, when you rotate the leak to the bottom and just sit there for a few minutes.
However it happens, I wouldn’t venture out on longish trips away from support without tubeless tires. Yes, I carry a spare tube just in case, along with a plug kit and a little gorilla tape, but if anything its more likely to allow me to help out someone else than be needed for myself. Hope so, anyhow.
However it happens, I wouldn’t venture out on longish trips away from support without tubeless tires. Yes, I carry a spare tube just in case, along with a plug kit and a little gorilla tape, but if anything its more likely to allow me to help out someone else than be needed for myself. Hope so, anyhow.
Tars Tarkas
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Plus, a lot of it adheres to the tube all the way around. In any case, I've looked for the problem and never been able to notice it on the road. I have seen it a little bit for a while when the bike is on a service rack and I just added the Slime. So I'd say there is probably at least theoretically some imbalance for a while, but unless you're the princess from The Princess and the Pea, you will probably never notice it.
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Thanks everyone. I got the question from a local ebike rental shop owner who is skeptical about the product. Now I know what to tell him.
AHicks
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Friendly "advice" from a local bike shop delayed my use of slime for several years. I finally got fed up with that "advice" and tried it anyway. Floored at first by the overwhelming success, I've never looked back.
Tars Tarkas
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Not all on one trip of course, but I have over a thousand miles on my tube tires. I have had one flat, before adding Slime, but I fixed that easily on the trail, albeit only a couple of miles from any kind of support. Took maybe 20 minutes.
I don't understand why anyone shouldn't go out on a longish trip without tubeless tires.
I've looked into this a good bit and have found no satisfying explanation for why tubeless tires are less prone to flats than tires with tubes. I get it about pinch flats, and I'll concede that tubeless tires probably have an advantage over tubed tires at low pressures. But for normal multi-use trails or roads, at tire pressures normal for that kind of riding, the alleged advantage of tubeless tires, with regard to flats, seems to be based totally on the fact that tubeless tires use sealants. So, what if I level the playing field by putting sealant in my tubes? Isn't that apples to apples? Does anyone actually contend that tubeless tires get fewer flats than tube tires when both are treated with sealant? I just don't see how that's possible, yet it seems like a widespread claim.
I hope my mind is at least somewhat open to persuasion. Can anyone explain the miracle of tubeless tires to me?
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FlatSix911
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Impressive. The nail appears to have gone through the tire at an angle... did it penetrate the inner tube?
dAz63
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Yep, in two places, how it happens is apparently the fencing nail with a flat head is lying on the road, as the front tyre passes over it the nail is tipped up and the rear tyre catches it, I was doing about 35kph, and suddenly noticed a thumping noise from the rear tyre, pulled up at the post office a half a kick later and had a look and saw this nail sticking out of the tyre, didn't try to remove as the tyre still had pressure, just as well I have disc brakes as the nail would have snagged on the calipers of rim brakes.
Cycled home 2km, then removed the nail, tyre still held pressure.
Mtl_Biker
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Many of the sealants are thicker than water and once you've put some in the tire and spun the tire, most of it should be coating the inside of the tire. It's not like it would pool at the bottom. But other sealants could be more liquid (like the Finish Line that I'm currently using) but pooling at the bottom doesn't seem to be an issue. Maybe it does if the bike is just sitting there, but the moment you start riding it distributes itself around the tire. Really not an issue.
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Slimed the 237 ml bottle into my never punctured almost new 26" tires a few minutes go. So easy and inexpensive.
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Tube, or tubeless?
Handlebars
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Tubes.
I wondered about that too. I want to think it would be a problem while adding air because you're pushing air in but when you're checking with the pressure gauge it's the opposite.
BigNerd
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It seems there are so many varying opinions when it comes to Slime... some swear by... others say it's worthless.
Which one is true?
After experiencing flats with my friends' bikes on our recent excursions... I'm looking to minimize that without having to bring along a bunch of stuff on our rides.
Which one is true?
After experiencing flats with my friends' bikes on our recent excursions... I'm looking to minimize that without having to bring along a bunch of stuff on our rides.
AHicks
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You can expect a slight spray as a drop or 2 escapes when checking the pressure. It's never damaged any of my tire filling/checking equipment though.
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AHicks
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It seems there are so many varying opinions when it comes to Slime... some swear by... others say it's worthless.
Which one is true?
After experiencing flats with my friends' bikes on our recent excursions... I'm looking to minimize that without having to bring along a bunch of stuff on our rides.
After mutiple "oh no, you don't want to run Slime" comments from "experts", and dealing with weekly tire checks for years, I decided to strike out on my own and try it, damn the advice not to. Results turned me into a big fan the first time I was able to go a month without having to fill my tires. An even bigger fan when I went 2 months and longer.
Now I wouldn't be without it.
fooferdoggie
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I have been using tubeless tire sealer its a lot easier to get into the tube.
Maybe bike mechanics advise against it because they don't like dealing with the mess. I have a buddy who's a car mechanic and he hates tire sealant
AHicks
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I've been there done that, worst possible case, and I think the benefits of running the stuff FAR outweigh any possible downside (cleaning up a Slime mess). It's water based, so no big deal....
That's me though. Do as you like!
That's me though. Do as you like!
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