I've used Slime and at least two other brands and have found that while sealants do stop or slow thorn punctures they don't stop flats from larger penetrants and that these simply allow the goop to squirt out of the tube into the tire carcass leaving a bloody mess. Are there brands which will effectively seal a roofing nail hole?
As for liners, they do help against larger objects but I've found that goatheads (not to mention nails) sometimes get past Mr Tuffys, usually where the liner leaves an unprotected area as in the tread near the sidewalls -- and some goatheads will go straight through Mr. Tuffys. OTOH, I did once, purely by chance, buy a used CyclePro mountain bike that had 1.95 slicks that must themselves have had a belt and that were filled with almost solid thornproof tubes that must have weighed as much as the tires. I rode this through a mile of goathead plants, on cement (dirt may not quite drive a thorn through a tough tire before the wheel's movement throws the thorn off) and came back with literally a hundred thorns embedded in each tire. I flicked them off and, after several days, no air loss. But the ride quality was so bad that, sincerely, I'd probably give up cycling and take up golf or bird watching if such wheels were the only option for riding. So, buy your patches in boxes of 100 and learn the skill, say I. At least goatheads generally cause slow leaks, allowing one to finish at least shorter rides. On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Michael Hechmer <[email protected]>wrote: > I've never actually met someone with a good story to tell about tire > sealants. Experience suggests to me that for situations where a flat is a > major PITA, like commuting, best to go with tire tuffy and a beefy tire. > Of course there's nothing to be done with a tire that seems to know when > it is dark, cold, and rainy; and perhaps resents being ridden over broken > pavement, rocks, and glass. (My only experience, entirely unpleasant, with > goat heads has been while camping in the desert and don't know if they lurk > about the middle east.) > > At the other end of the spectrum, where pure joy, rather than getting > either to the office or home, drives my raison d'cycle, I choose to go with > lively tires, especially in the front; and accept flats as a reason to > stop, relax, and regenerate. > > Michael > Westford VT, where we are having this weird phenomenon of robins in Feb.! > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/2NjhvtfuFScJ. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > -- Patrick Moore Albuquerque, NM For professional resumes, contact Patrick Moore, ACRW http://resumespecialties.com/index.html -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
