I've been riding my first light weight slime tube about 1500 miles without a flat--which is about 2-3 times longer than normal. My rear tire was getting a little light on rubber (even peeling in some spots-- so I guess I was asking for it) and I as I was riding I heard the familiar hiss of a puncture. I stopped and rolled the wheel to see if I could find the hole and I saw bright green slime bubbling out for a second and then it stopped. I pressed on the tire and it still had quite a bit of air in it. I got back on and rode it about a mile to a nice shady spot with a bench where I patched the tube and replaced the tire.
I think like slime tubes.
--Bill Davidson -- Please remove ".nospam" from my address for email replies.
I'm a 17 year veteran of usenet -- you'd think I'd be over it by now
I've been riding my first light weight slime tube about 1500 miles without a flat--which is about 2-3 times longer than normal. My rear tire was getting a little light on rubber (even peeling in some spots-- so I guess I was asking for it) and I as I was riding I heard the familiar hiss of a puncture. I stopped and rolled the wheel to see if I could find the hole and I saw bright green slime bubbling out for a second and then it stopped. I pressed on the tire and it still had quite a bit of air in it. I got back on and rode it about a mile to a nice shady spot with a bench where I patched the tube and replaced the tire.
I think like slime tubes.
--Bill Davidson
I don't know if I've been lucky or what but I've had the same slime tubes for 2.5 years in one of my cyclocross wheelsets and it still seals goathead thorn punctures after I pull the goatheads out.
I've been riding my first light weight slime tube about 1500 miles without a flat--which is about 2-3 times longer than normal. My rear tire was getting a little light on rubber (even peeling in some spots-- so I guess I was asking for it) and I as I was riding I heard the familiar hiss of a puncture. I stopped and rolled the wheel to see if I could find the hole and I saw bright green slime bubbling out for a second and then it stopped. I pressed on the tire and it still had quite a bit of air in it. I got back on and rode it about a mile to a nice shady spot with a bench where I patched the tube and replaced the tire.
Ya blew it! You should have simply re-inflated the tire and kept riding. No patching needed.
I've never seen the need to use them, myself, but I've seen one go flat, in a very messy way. Last winter, my club was putting on an indoor TT, using a bunch of computrainers. One of the riders was about five minutes into his ride, when I heard the sound that we all dread. As his tire was still rotating, green slime was spraying out of the tire, all over the floor and his bike. That slime must have flown at least 10 feet. It took at least five minutes to clean up the mess. I really doubt that he wauld be able to patch the tube, unless he was able to wash all the slime off of it.
