Stans NoTubes=NOGOOD

[ELMOBA]

I fitted new tyres with Stans NoTubes one week before the Sabie Experience, and when I serviced my bike one week after the event, look at what happened inside the tyre!

It formed "rubber crystals" with only a watery fluid left without any sealing properties. Luckily I had no incedent requiring the Notubes to do its work!

I switched to Joe's...

[Seeker911]

i think those micro sealing particles got bored and decided to form micro astroids just dont throw them at anyone

[rouxtjie]

You used a bomb....yes?

[ELMOBA]

i think those micro sealing particles got bored and decided to form micro astroids just dont throw them at anyone

 

Can be that the particles got bored because I went up the inclines at such a slow pace, yes!

[Vetseun]

Looks like a bombs work that. Apparently the new ones that use some sort of gas dont do that.

Ill stick with Stans

[ELMOBA]

You used a bomb....yes?

 

You genius!

Yes, I used a bomb the first day on the back wheel, but none on the front, and it also formed a chrystal?

[rouxtjie]

Rule of thumb, if you use a bomb on a tubeless wheel with sealant, replace sealant the same day.

[Nimby]

I've never had hassles with Stans - no crystals, even with using bombs (and I'm no genius)...

[deanbean]

I've never had hassles with Stans - no crystals, even with using bombs (and I'm no genius)...

Ditto

[_Pat_]

Stans monster

[splat]

Heat and dry air also dries Stans up pretty quickly.

But in one week? Insane!

[rouxtjie]

There is no specific way or recipe in getting these crystals to form with a CO2 bomb in your wheel but some okes say they won't form if you bomb your wheel with the valve in the 12 o'clock position...the sealant lies at 6 then(furthest point from the dry and cold CO2 entering the wheel very quickly). My suggestion is to check your sealant if you have used a bomb. You dont want to find out you have these crystals in your wheel 50km from home.

[SwissVan]

I've got some of those critters rolling around in both my tyres (can hear them when I spin the wheel slowly).

 

Did not use a bomb but the Sealant (Stans) has been in since early November 2010

 

1. +/- How long does Stans last before it does that?

2. Anyone know if extreme cold temps could also cause it, bike was in the luggage hold for 2 x 10 hr flights?

[koukie]

I stopped using stans because of delamination problems. I'm using Slime Pro at the moment, did attakwas without any flats. And the "best" part is it smells like coconut

[MaxUmis]

Interesting... everyone seems convinced that using a bomb will cause the sealant to do this...

That may be, but I suspect there are other factors that may cause the same effect.

 

I took out a ping-pong ball sized "asteroid" from my front LUST Monorail the other day. I've never used a bomb on my MTB. I suspect that it might happen when the wheel stays stationary for extended periods of time. I checked the rear wire bead Crossmark and only found that it was low on Stans; no "asteroids" though.

 

My MTB hangs up in the rafters of the garage with the front wheel tied to the rear wheel of the GF's bike, so my theory goes that I often spin the rear wheel of my bike before I get into my car, but I can't spin the front because its tied to the other bike. Because I ride a road bike and MTB it often happens that one bike gets used more than the other, resulting in 2 week stretches where the MTB just hangs and waits.

[Weight Weenie]

To be honest, who cares ? Would you rather be changing and patching tubes all the time...