First, an update: the Big Ones (again, these are 29 1/2" tall, 62 mm wide, and weight *450 grams each*) each have a dozen or so thorns embedded in the tread with tops broken off; no air loss. 2-3 fl oz each tire of OS Endurance, which is said to take longer to evaporate than OS regular.
I schedule replenishment every 3 months or so for tubeless tires, though usually what happens is that I forget, and only notice that the sealant has evaporated when I get flats that don't seal; fortunately, these have all been slow leaks, so I can generally limp home by stopping and pumping. Endurance doesn't clump; I get a skin and strings of dried sealant which I don't bother with unless I have to open the tire for some other reason. OS regular in tubes takes a year or more to dry out; I just added more to one or 2 tubes after a flat or 2 would not seal, and it had probably been 18 or 24 months since I had first added the OS regular. (OS Endurance doesn't work in tubes, IME.) I've not had OS clump in tubes the way Stan's did. On Sat, Sep 25, 2021 at 10:47 AM A. Douglas M. <amillhe...@gmail.com> wrote: > Patrick, > > This year’s crop is indeed bountiful. Last week I got a tire full and made > it home only to find that tire (29x2.5 surly ET) flat the following day. I > believe my orange seal dried out. > > Just two days ago I got a few goat heads in my 650b WTB resolutes. I knew > this occurred because I got a nice spray of OS all over my hand and leg. It > did seal up on its own. A few pumps of the mini pump had me back on the > road, and that tire stayed inflated as of this morning. > > How often do you top off your sealant? How often do you scrape out old > boogers? > > I think tubeless is a requirement in goathead country. Riding is not > enjoyable when having to fix 3+ tubes per ride. > > Best, > > Aaron in El Paso > > On Friday, September 24, 2021 at 8:07:47 PM UTC-6 Patrick Moore wrote: > >> This evening I did a combined pavement and dirt ride on my "road bike for >> dirt" Chauncey Matthews bilaminate custom, on a route including nearby >> acequia roads, Paseo Bike Path, Rio Grand Boulevard, Los Poblanos open >> space, Montano Boulevard. >> >> This years's goathead crop is a stunner. I took a shortcut from Los >> Poblanos to RG Boulevard that took me over a few hundred feet of goathead >> carpet -- I could hear the tires crunching over the thorns as they picked >> them up, and the scraping of the embedded thorns against the underside of >> the Kelpie fenders. Sure enough, as I turned left onto RGB, I saw dozens of >> thorns embedded in the extra light Schwalbe Big One front (450 grams, 62 mm >> actual on 35 mm outer width rims). >> >> But I made it home and just now, 3 hours afterward, checking the tires, >> no air loss. >> >> Orange Seal Endurance formula in tubeless tires is 99% (metaphor, not >> metric) effective against small holes. >> >> I've used Tire Savers (still have a stash) and Mr Tuffys on all sorts of >> tires, and believe you me, nothing works as well as good modern sealants. >> >> For my extra lightweight 28 mm RH Elk Passes, I use Orange Seal regular >> formula in tubes, and this is 90% as good as OS in tubeless tires. >> >> Modern sealant: don't leave home without it. >> >> -- >> >> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >> >> -- > 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2f42cae7-1f2b-4117-a487-7a08d9ec38e5n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/2f42cae7-1f2b-4117-a487-7a08d9ec38e5n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum -- 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-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/CALuTfgt%2BpxSdgsUjRxS3v2CdKGGCiimZLiNURPcry5CQDTyMWg%40mail.gmail.com.
