Is tire slime okay?

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Years ago, the "word" was not to use slime-like products
because they would inevitably gunk up the nozzle of your
air pump. Now, I see this green slime product at all the
bike stores, but I am wary of trying it.

What's the new "word" about this type of product?

I never had a problem with it gunking up my pump, but it
gunked up the valve on the tube so that it wouldn't seal.

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David Kerber ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

In article <[email hidden]>,
[email hidden] says...

Quoted message said:

Years ago, the "word" was not to use slime-like products
because they would inevitably gunk up the nozzle of your
air pump. Now, I see this green slime product at all the
bike stores, but I am wary of trying it.

What's the new "word" about this type of product?

It's actually pretty handy when it works (and it has for
me), but it doesn't always work (but does most of the time).

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I never had a problem with it gunking up my pump, but it
gunked up the valve on the tube so that it wouldn't seal.

"Slime" is water-soluble, so a simple soap-and-water
cleaning of the inside of your tire stem will fix that.

Pat said:

What's the new "word" about this type of product?

Slime doesn't work worth [censored].

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David Kerber ns_dkerber@ns_ids.net said:

I never had a problem with it gunking up my pump, but it
gunked up the valve on the tube so that it wouldn't seal.

"Slime" is water-soluble, so a simple soap-and-water
cleaning of the inside of your tire stem will fix that.

This doesn't help if you are out on the road and have
neither soap nor a tool to remove the stem.

I've also posted here about what can happen if the tire
isn't seated properly while you are pumping up the tire; not
only will the tube blow, but you will have a faceful of
green slime. (It will clean up with soap and water, though.)

I found Slime worked pretty well up to maybe 60 psi, but at
high pressures (90 psi+) slow leaks would remain.

At first I loved Slime tubes, but now I no longer use
them. YMMV.

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Wed, 5 May 2004 17:44:57 -0500,
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Pat said:

Years ago, the "word" was not to use slime-like products
because they would inevitably gunk up the nozzle of your
air pump. Now, I see this green slime product at all the
bike stores, but I am wary of trying it.

What's the new "word" about this type of product?

thanks,

Pat in TX

They make a bunch of products now so I guess it works.
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One anecdote I heard prejudiced me against them. When
flatted, your rim is suddenly running on slime. Sorta like
ice and particularly bad on a front wheel. . . ohh, and
blowouts are messy.
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In article <[email hidden]>,
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Quoted message said:

Years ago, the "word" was not to use slime-like products
because they would inevitably gunk up the nozzle of your
air pump. Now, I see this green slime product at all the
bike stores, but I am wary of trying it.
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I still find it yucky, not terrible effective, and
impossible to patch if you get a *big* hole. go with thorn-
proof tubes; the extra thickness does help (not *proof*),
and they are patchable.

d

I agree, about both the problems with lime tubes, and with
the use of thorn resistant tubes instead. In addition I use
a kevlar lining in the tire. After many thousands of
puncture free riding, I just had my first puncture with that
system last weekend. A long narrow screw penetrated both the
kevlar lining and the thick tube.

There's no perfect solution, though. My experience has
been that the thick tubes are a bit more susceptible to
stem failures.

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Years ago, the "word" was not to use slime-like
products because they

would

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inevitably gunk up the nozzle of your air pump. Now, I
see this green

slime

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product at all the bike stores, but I am wary of
trying it.
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I still find it yucky, not terrible effective, and
impossible to patch if you get a *big* hole. go with thorn-
proof tubes; the extra thickness does help (not *proof*),
and they are patchable.

d