slime in my MTB tube

[Dicky DQ]

A few things:

1. use a pair of pliers and force the skrew off - then put the slime in. Not such a great option.

2. get slime in the bottle with the correct fitting. You cut the nipple to the correct length. Skrew it on and then squeeze the goop in. it takes a while, but it works. I have done this before my conversion to tubeless.

3. Get the tubes with slime in them.

4. Go tubeless.

 

[Tumbleweed]

hey holy you guys got eveything up there in Gauteng . Us here in the sticks dont know about those things !!!! Our LBS still has lots to learn but we gotta make do with what we got so later I will try getting that slime in  

 

pm me youraddress, and i'll post you a pair

[Thug]

As a general recommendation, I wouldn't use the Joes rim-strips as they are far too thin and break very easily.

 

Rather spend the extra and use Stan's.

 

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

thug, how much price difference? at my lbs there's about R25 diffs

[AndreZA]

1. Buy a bottle of Slime from Sportsmans Warehouse

2. Buy a nice fat syringe from the chemist

3. Inject some slime into your tube

4. Patch the hole

 

5. If your were able to get to a Sportsmans Warehouse as in point 1, you would have been able to buy presta MTB tubes there in the first place.

 

 

Mampara2007-07-23 01:13:10

[scotty]

Buy already filled tubes with slime or as Mampara says, inject some slime into the tube then patch the hole. My success rate with trying to open the valve to insert slime has not been too good, and invariably i end up damaging the valve.

[RodTi]

Jy het Presta valves.

Kry Schrader valves(soos gewone kar valves)' date=' maar jy sal die gaatjies op jou rim groter moet boor.

 

 

Of kry 'n adapter vir jou Presta Valve. Van Brass gemaak en skroef op jou Presta.

 

 

Mens kan ook die Presta valve afskroef met so bietjie geweld. Ek hou nie daarvan nie maar dit kan gedoen word dan vul jy die valve met geduld met 'n groot inspuiting. Sukkel soms om die skroefie weer terug te kry. Ek het die Alex rims op my Gary Fisher groter geboor want al my ander fietse het Schrader Valves.

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Daai "adaptor" lyk nogals nuttig Oom! Is hulle maklik om in die hande te kry? Anyone seen any of them at their LBS in the Cape?

 

If so - where?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Tumbleweed]

don't know about the cape shops, but i've seen them at sportsman warehouse. they cost about R20

[Hendrik Petoors]

On the Road Tandem we use Presta Valves. To enable us to pump tyres at the garage down the road I got the adaptor. Purchased one at Bouwer Broers in Gezina many years ago...... whre else. Do not know about the Cape Colony except that they loose against the Blue Bulls and the ARGUS is held there in March every year.

[mountain_lion]

The presta to Schrader adapter is handy for inflating when you only have a schrader type pump available.

 

You do get these adapters in the cape - got one at my LBS in Stellenbosch not too long ago.

 

Will not help you much to get slime into a presta valve tube though.

 

 

[2 X 2]

Ek like ook nie Prestas op my mtb nie' date=' want ek buig alewig daai skroefdraad as ek dit haastig pomp.

 

Nie lekker as jou valve buig as jy hard pomp nie

[/quote'] Gebruik Viagra dan sal jou valve nie buig as jy hard pomp nieBacklash2007-07-23 03:08:02

[Mudsimus]

Just get some of the specialized air lock tubes...

[Hendrik Petoors]

Hagar..... lyk my die wet van die Tranvaal gaan hier geld ..... k@k of betaal!!!!!!!!!