Slime Sealant or Slime liner ?

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:53:28 GMT, "UltraEGG" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Hi all, Slime sealant or slime liner, which one you prefer?
Here is what I think...

Good-01: Very fine sealant that automatically seal off
punch while your wheels are spining. Good-02: No hassle on
installing the tube and the tire. Good-03: Take me home.
Although it won't patch the wound forever and ever and ever
and ever and.....but at least it can let me ride home
instead or hike home.

Bad-01: Almost unpatchable. Once it has punch through over
the limit it can take, slime will rush out from the punch
hole even I have a patch on it. Bad-02: Un-reuseable, I've
try to cut the punched tube and try to leak the slime back
to the bottle and put it on another tire. And I've found
out it is a very stupid idea...

I'm planning to switch over the the Slime liner, it is much
expensive than the bottle slime but it seems reuseable and
work better, I think...

What do u think? Thanks, Eric

I just use the extra thick thorn proof inner tubes without
slime and haven't had a flat in 10,000 miles. Some regions
of the country have more nasty goat heads that can get
through kevlar layers in tires and as you say the slime will
usually get you home. A thick inner tube has some "give" so
after partial penetration a thorn trampolines rather than
penetrates. The only drawback of thick tubes is a little
extra weight (I gave up all pursuit bike aspirations when I
added Wald folding baskets anyways).

On Wed, 23 Jun 2004 05:53:28 GMT, "UltraEGG" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

Hi all, Slime sealant or slime liner, which one you prefer?
Here is what I think...

Good-01: Very fine sealant that automatically seal off
punch while your wheels are spining.

Maybe.

Quoted message said:

Good-02: No hassle on installing the tube and the tire.

If the sealant gets out of the tube, increased hassle.

Quoted message said:

Good-03: Take me home. Although it won't patch the wound
forever and ever and ever and ever and.....but at least it
can let me ride home instead or hike home.

Maybe, but it will often increase the difficulty of patching
the tube successfully.

Quoted message said:

Bad-01: Almost unpatchable. Once it has punch through over
the limit it can take, slime will rush out from the punch
hole even I have a patch on it.

Yup.

Quoted message said:

Bad-02: Un-reuseable, I've try to cut the punched tube
and try to leak the slime back to the bottle and put
it on another tire. And I've found out it is a very
stupid idea...

Also true.

Quoted message said:

I'm planning to switch over the the Slime liner, it is much
expensive than the bottle slime but it seems reuseable and
work better, I think...

The liner can reduce the number of punctures if the
puncturing item is short enough. It can't seal a leak, but
Slime won't always do that anyway, and can render the tube
unpatchable. In areas where punctures are common enough to
make the theoretical value of Slime sealant high enough to
be worth the cost, it will (in my opinion) be likely to be
more of a headache than an asset...and where the puncture
rate is low enough, the phrase "Why bother?" comes to mind.

My approach: Carry a spare tube and a patch kit. I don't
bother with liners. If I have to ride where punctures are
common, I might consider a liner, but I won't trust a
tire sealant.
--
Typoes are a feature, not a bug. Some gardening required to
reply via email. Surrealism is a pectinated ranzel.

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Quoted message said:

Hi all, Slime sealant or slime liner, which one you
prefer? Here is what I think...

Good-01: Very fine sealant that automatically seal off
punch while your wheels are spining. Good-02: No hassle on
installing the tube and the tire. Good-03: Take me home.
Although it won't patch the wound forever and ever and
ever and ever and.....but at least it can let me ride home
instead or hike home.

Bad-01: Almost unpatchable. Once it has punch through over
the limit it can take, slime will rush out from the punch
hole even I have a patch on it. Bad-02: Un-reuseable, I've
try to cut the punched tube and try to leak the slime back
to the bottle and put it on another tire. And I've found
out it is a very stupid idea...

Bad-03: The slime-filled tire may make it difficult to
control the bike if you get a big puncture that results in a
sudden loss of air.

Quoted message said:

I'm planning to switch over the the Slime liner, it is
much expensive than the bottle slime but it seems
reuseable and work better, I think...

What do u think? Thanks, Eric

UltraEGG said:

Bad-01: Almost unpatchable. Once it has punch through over
the limit it can take, slime will rush out from the punch
hole even I have a patch on it.

I've had no difficulty at all patching a Slime ultra-light
tube; at least once I found the hole. Finding the hole can
be difficult since the slime will often hide it--even from
immersion in water. Once found, a little sand paper and
rubber cement and the patch sticks. No problem.

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Bad-02: Un-reuseable, I've try to cut the punched tube
and try to leak the slime back to the bottle and put
it on another tire. And I've found out it is a very
stupid idea...

I used a pre-slimed tube. I've never tried getting the
bottle of sealant. This is the one I use:

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Quoted message said:

I'm planning to switch over the the Slime liner, it is
much expensive than the bottle slime but it seems
reuseable and work better, I think...

That's the theory anyway.

--Bill Davidson

Gary Young said:

Bad-03: The slime-filled tire may make it difficult to
control the bike if you get a big puncture that results in
a sudden loss of air.

How is that different than a regular tube?

--Bill Davidson

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Gary Young said:

Bad-03: The slime-filled tire may make it difficult to
control the bike if you get a big puncture that results
in a sudden loss of air.

How is that different than a regular tube?

--Bill Davidson

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I tried Slime liners and they wore grooves in the sidewalls
of my tubes. They were installed properly and the tire
pressures were checked on a daily basis. Now I just buy
regular butyl tubes on sale and have practiced my tube
changing so it is no longer a hassle. When I get the old
tube home, I patch it and then re-use it the next time I
need a tube. YMMV. Smokey

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Quoted message said:

Hi all, Slime sealant or slime liner, which one you
prefer? Here is what I think...

Good-01: Very fine sealant that automatically seal off
punch while your wheels are spining. Good-02: No hassle on
installing the tube and the tire. Good-03: Take me home.
Although it won't patch the wound forever and ever and
ever and ever and.....but at least it can let me ride home
instead or hike home.

Bad-01: Almost unpatchable. Once it has punch through over
the limit it can take, slime will rush out from the punch
hole even I have a patch on it. Bad-02: Un-reuseable, I've
try to cut the punched tube and try to leak the slime back
to the bottle and put it on another tire. And I've found
out it is a very stupid idea...

I'm planning to switch over the the Slime liner, it is
much expensive than the bottle slime but it seems
reuseable and work better, I think...

What do u think? Thanks, Eric