Thanks again, Patrick. I just chatted with a fellow bikepacker who is building up his dream ride (Surly ECR) and he too heard good things re OS > Stan's. He wants to go Rohloff, which I agreed was great. He might have to go chain vs. Gates though. Take care,
Jeff On Sunday, January 14, 2018 at 2:23:59 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: > > Jeff: I hope you find that OS works better. In a more recent post, just > this past Friday, I found ~200 gr of semi-dried OS lining the rear F Fred, > with 2904 miles on the clock. > > Patrick Moore > iPhone > > On Jan 12, 2018, at 9:29 AM, Jeffrey Arita <jeffre...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Patrick, > > Thank you for your observations re: Stan's. I am really a noobie when it > comes to 'tubeless.' I had to get an education last year while building up > his/her Divide bikes (Salsa Fargo's). I went (of course) tubeless with > Stan's without any regard to other brands out there (my bad). While out on > the Divide we kinda had hit and miss luck. We ended up having to tube one > wheel on each our bikes (Stan's just would not seal the leak and the tire > plugs wouldn't hold and seal either). OTOH upon getting to a campground we > could see a bunch of tiny little areas on our tires where Stan's was > bubbling out, many of them sealing up. > > Once I use up all the Stan's (I still have a bunch) I will definitely > check out Orange Seal! Thanks again. > > Jeff > > On Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 10:07:25 AM UTC-8, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> As I said earlier, my own experience with Stan's is that, when it dries, >> it does form little rubber marbles or octopuses or boogers, what have you; >> this both in tubes and in tires without tubes. In one tube, ridden for 12 >> to 18 months with Stan's added initially but not thereafter (sealant seems >> to last much longer in tubes than in thinwall, tubeless tire casings), I >> finally got a thorn flat that pumping and spinning wouldn't seal; so I >> replaced the tube with the spare, thinking I'd add more sealant to the >> flatted one when I got home. >> >> Upon closer examination, at home, I discovered that the Stan's had dried >> into a bolus gathered near the valve. So, I tossed that tube. >> >> Orange Seal, OTOH, seems not to produce such boluses when it dries. I've >> not examined a tube that has contained OS for 18 months -- I've just been >> riding them and waiting for the flats that don't seem to occur or, at >> least, can be solved by pumping and spinning -- but again, when I opened my >> tubeless F Fred after the first year of OS, there was naught but a very >> fine film coating the innards of the casing. >> >> So, upshot: You really don't need to do anything, as long as you don't >> mind rubber marbles inside your tire; they don't weight much at all. OTOH, >> again IME, Stan's will form those marbles, so that there will be, or may >> well be, something for you to actually remove, if indeed you decide to go >> into the trouble of opening up the tire. >> >> Let us know what you find, if you do so! >> >> On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 6:32 AM, Kellie <kellie.s...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, I am using Stan's, but tubeless. Any Stan's users to weight in >>> here? Thanks Nels, Phillip and Patrick. >>> >>> On Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 2:16:57 PM UTC-7, Kellie wrote: >>>> >>>> So my sealant is lasting about 4 months before I have to replenish. >>>> Should one do some cleaning of interior parts at some point to get rid of >>>> dried, old sealant? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, New Mexico, EUA >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *Auditis an me ludit amabilis insania?* >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bun...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owne...@googlegroups.com > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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