Slime in road tyres?

[Johan Brits]

Conti , Conti , Conti - awsome - Antihole tyres - Like Willehond says - get proper tyres from the start - its worth spending the extra bucks!!

[Willehond]

Conti ' date=' Conti , Conti - awsome - Antihole tyres - Like Willehond says - get proper tyres from the start - its worth spending the extra bucks!![/quote']

 

Hey, how wold you know, you need to use them first.  Anyway, kry gou bietjie slaap en ontmoet ons by Boland/Wellingtonstraat 06:00 moreoggend!  Sharp

[hagar]

 

yes' date=' you can.

 

 

 

kry een van daai plastiek inspuitings jobbies

 

 

 

Draai daai klein ronde knoppie heeltemal uit die tjoop

 

laat die valve terugval binne in die tjoop in en spuit die juice in.

 

blaas die tjoop bietjie op en laat die wing binne die tjoop weer daie valve opdruk in die valve buis (jy kan die valve met jou vingers reg terug posisioneer

 

draai die ronde ding terug en vat 'n tang en "tap" die lang piepie'tjie sodat die ronde ding nie weer uit kan draai.

 

 

 

easy as pie

 

 

 

of ry bicycle shop toe en gaan koop die slime tjoops. klaar gemaak en net reg vir insit.[/quote']

 

you 100% right pops i had hassles too trying to get the stuff in my presta vaulves and got all the answers here on the hub after my lbs gave me the cold shoulder or perhaps did not know what to do . hell man i even got me some pre slimed tubes from holyroller

 

[Johan Brits]

Wat meen jy!! Dan is ek al amper by die werk!! Werk mos in Constantia en van vandag is die verkeer weer BAD!! Eks nie so gelukkig soos julle om in die stille oggende te kan ry nie - ek moet na werk ry - warm en lekker wind!! Sien uit na Sondag se Cobra - 6 lekker passe - its gonna be good!! Hoop net die mense wil meer werk Sondag!

[Johan Brits]

yes' date=' you can.

kry een van daai plastiek inspuitings jobbies

Draai daai klein ronde knoppie heeltemal uit die tjoop
laat die valve terugval binne in die tjoop in en spuit die juice in.
blaas die tjoop bietjie op en laat die wing binne die tjoop weer daie valve opdruk in die valve buis (jy kan die valve met jou vingers reg terug posisioneer
draai die ronde ding terug en vat 'n tang en "tap" die lang piepie'tjie sodat die ronde ding nie weer uit kan draai.

easy as pie

of ry bicycle shop toe en gaan koop die slime tjoops. klaar gemaak en net reg vir insit.[/quote']

you 100% right pops i had hassles too trying to get the stuff in my presta vaulves and got all the answers here on the hub after my lbs gave me the cold shoulder or perhaps did not know what to do . hell man i even got me some pre slimed tubes from holyroller

 

Moet Oom Hagar nie al slaap nie? Hoe lyk die gevoel oor die Cobra? Sien Moffie JP bly ALWEER by die huis!!

[hagar]

my Gatorskins let me down real bad on the park ride i got a diwweltjie slap bang center of the tyre how it got in me dontknow but messed my hole day up but the beers were sweet ag\fter the ride

 

[Johan Brits]

Its because you werent riding with GP 4000`s Oom Hagar - and if you were riding a BMC offcourse!!

[hagar]

naand boeta nee gaan nou shower en slaap het gou n lekker 60km gedoen met die wind wat weer hier uit die noord waai lyk my reen is oppad en sommer sweetie se kar ook gewas en gevacuum ek was besig vannand en nou eers voor die pc kom sit en sien wat praat julle  nou ja ek klok maar uit julle moet lekker hub ek chat met julle more miskien kry ek n luck vannand ek het mos haar kar gewas 

[boeing]

 

 

I have witnessed first hand problems with valves in road tyres

 

All witnesses experience things first-hand. However' date=' your statement is not very useful. Tell us what the problems were and what you think caused them.

 

[/quote']

 

Hey Johan, that sounds like bicyle maintanence 101

 

ha ha point taken.

 

The tubes I were given to try out came with the slime in already. They worked like a charm, I never had to replace the tubes until the valves eventually got stuck and I couldn't release air or inflate the tube. Oh yes, and they cause one hell of a mess. I also found them to be ridiculously heavy too. Hey I suppose it all depends on what you are going for!

Not for me though

boeing2008-01-14 14:42:56

[boeing]

I should have said "experience first hand"

[Azonic]

I'd say the pressure inside a road tube would be too much for something like this to really work. You want pressure to clog the hole with sealant, but not to push it all out.

 

Will have to give the road sludge a go...

 

[RockCoach]

Ahhh yes! The early days of sealant where someone would pucture in a bunch at 50km/h and everyone would get covered with green slime squirting out in all directions at 9Bar.

 

[AndreZA]

Ek het die "insert slime via valve" ding in die verlede gedoen' date=' maar die slime het 'n paar keer die valve geblok .

 

Nou sny ek maar n klein gat in die tube, spuit die slime in en patch die gat. Werk net so goed [en die valve bly skoon!']

I've also had hassles with the slime blocking the valve but i must say I've never purposely cut a working tube before - novel idea...

 

You only need to make a small hole. I make a small hole in the tube using a needle, then I use a syringe [without a needle] and force the hole open wide enough for the plastic tip of the syringe to fit through. Then simply inject the slime. Afterwards you patch the hole.

 

I've tried using a syringe with a needle, and then allowing the slime to seal the hole. It works, but the slime tends to start to thicken when you squirt it through a small needle

 

Use one of those huge syringes that they use to baste meat and then you do not need to make a hole, the needle will make one and then just patch to be sure.

 

 

[Canaris]

TWo things to note:

 

On the road the chances of getting a puncture is far less than offroad on a mtb.  Therefore, the extra rolling weight of sludge in the tube on a MTB is outweighed by the convinence of not having to stop every 10km to change the tube.

 

However, on a road bike which has been made as light as humanly possible for reasons of speed, it makes very little sense to now willfully add extra weight where it counts the most, on the off cahnce of not getting a puncture every 300km.  It is tradeoff that is not very efficient.  Rather take the risk of DNF on one out of 20 races, than having to lug unneccesary weight around and lose 5 places on every race.

 

BUT, if you are training mega km's every week over glass shrewn roads, and need a bit more resistance (weight) on the bike, then sludge in the tubes is a very effective and multi purpose training aid.  Just remember to change wheels when you race.

[bob_the_builder]

 

Hey all. What's the policy on putting green slime or sludge in road tyres? Does it stop punctures? Seems to work on MTBs? Any reason I shouldn't do it? 

 

I use the el cheapo Raleigh stuff you get at Game and Makro. Works brilliantly.

 

[Johan Bornman]

TWo things to note:

 

On the road the chances of getting a puncture is far less than offroad on a mtb.  Therefore' date=' the extra rolling weight of sludge in the tube on a MTB is outweighed by the convinence of not having to stop every 10km to change the tube.

 

However, on a road bike which has been made as light as humanly possible for reasons of speed, it makes very little sense to now willfully add extra weight where it counts the most, on the off cahnce of not getting a puncture every 300km.  It is tradeoff that is not very efficient.  Rather take the risk of DNF on one out of 20 races, than having to lug unneccesary weight around and lose 5 places on every race.

 

BUT, if you are training mega km's every week over glass shrewn roads, and need a bit more resistance (weight) on the bike, then sludge in the tubes is a very effective and multi purpose training aid.  Just remember to change wheels when you race.

[/quote']

 

You are just perpetuating the old rotating mass myth once more. We dealth with this issue extensively and, dare I say, violently, some months ago. Mass is mass on a bicycle, whether it rotates or does a handstand on the handlebars.

 

However, I am interested in what Regulation 311 is.