Tubes with slime not working.

[DominionZA]

3 weeks back I purchased tubes pre-filled with slime from Johnsons in Edenvale. Also got tyre liners.

 

Since then I have had to pictures that I had to patch, and one that healed while on my ride.

 

Is there a particular trick to get the slime to fill the hole, pump up and off I go?

[BenReaper]

No particular trick as far as I know,just try to get the thorn out asap as it will keep the hole open and prevent the sealant from doing its job if it stays in.

 

I would recomend a tubeless conversion with tubeless tyres though,it might be a bit more expensive than running tubes and normal tyres,but worth every cent as you will hardly ever get a flats tyre.

[DominionZA]

Thanks Ben.

Ye - tubeless is next on my list. My mate drops that hint over and over.

 

I have quoted R1,800 for the conversion (29er). Is that a decent price?

[VicanZA]

Do it urself not that difficult, YouTube is ur friend.

[DominionZA]

Cool beans. Always up for a challenge

[BenReaper]

I recently got a qoute from my LBS for R1359,this is for 2 Maxxis Crossmark Tubeless Tyres @ R500 each and R350 for the conversion.I personally will pay the R350 for the conversion rather than doing it myself and risk screwing it up.

[SimpleDom]

It's pretty hard to screw up.... Do it yourself, or hook up with a hubber near you to help. You supply beer.

[Uni]

Touch wood I've had one puncture in about 18 months that the sealant didn't sort out - and that was a tear. I had a huge thorn in once, - 3cm long - managed to keep going until I pulled it out.

You seem to ride quite often so moving the sealant around doesn't seem to be the problem. My oh had issues when the bike stands for a long time. I prefer the Giant ones (ridgeway at greenstone stock em)