Thomo Posted June 29, 2009 Posted June 29, 2009 Can slime (in tubes) be "topped-up" or should the tubes rather be replaced once slime has "dried-up".?Please educate the roadie ...
Thomo Posted June 30, 2009 Author Posted June 30, 2009 Go tubeless!!! Â Thanks Cassie ... maybe if I spent more time on my MTB.
manbearpig Posted June 30, 2009 Posted June 30, 2009 Just a reminder though, it seems that bombs affect slime quite negatively. Once you've used a bomb best you replace it.
Thomo Posted June 30, 2009 Author Posted June 30, 2009 Just a reminder though' date=' it seems that bombs affect slime quite negatively. Once you've used a bomb best you replace it.[/quote'] Â Thanks.!
juggie Posted July 5, 2009 Posted July 5, 2009 Just a reminder though' date=' it seems that bombs affect slime quite negatively. Once you've used a bomb best you replace it.[/quote'] Â How does it effect them?
Cassie Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 Just a reminder though' date=' it seems that bombs affect slime quite negatively. Once you've used a bomb best you replace it.[/quote'] How does it effect them? Â The CO2 in bombs are very cold when released into your tube...expansion and law of physics...thus your slime actually freezes up and forms a ball of latex in your tube...which will just grow bigger with time...OR / AND the co2 is very dry (much more so than normanl air from a pump...and this will dry out your slime (to form a latex ball)Probabaly a combo of both...Â
rad006 Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009 If you use OKO then you shouldnt need to topup but time will tell on my tester...
Christopher Brunsdon Posted July 6, 2009 Posted July 6, 2009  If you use *** then you shouldnt need to topup but time will tell on my tester... Of all the people on the Hub, you should now better than to utter those letters. Edit before the slime Nazi sees it  But I put 100ml of the stuff in each of my tubes. Cannot say if it helps as I've never had a puncture - done 300km since the slime. Â
rad006 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Lets just say I can use it in the above context 4 now....
AndreZA Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Â Cannot say if it helps as I've never had a puncture - done 300km since the slime. Â Â Â It always amazes me when people say "I've never had a puncture while using XYZ". Offcoarse you have, you just don't know about it because the stuff does the job. You might never had the need to replace a tube, but flats have been plenty. Remove your tyre and you will see all the slime that has leaked out of the tube and for that reason you need to top up and not for the reason of it drying up.
Christopher Brunsdon Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 Agree Mampara - I should rather have said "Cannot say if it helps, since I have never noticed a puncture!"Â Actually want to go look for some thorns next weekend to test it out - or just knock a nail into it!Â
rad006 Posted July 7, 2009 Posted July 7, 2009 I Have a tubeless go cart tyre that I use for demo`s as I now sell OKO for Trucks and it seals like a monster im really impressed... Cant wait to get my hands on the road product rad0062009-07-07 05:08:11
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