Self sealing tubes poll

[PJ79LIZARD]

If you've used them off road and they worked what make did you use?

 

[Norm]

I use Slime tubes in my off-road bikes, because those bikes also tend to be used for computing and on cycle paths. They don't stop everything but the only failure I've had was when something put a 5mm split in the tube. I was picking up a puncture every hundred miles before that, I've now only had the one puncture in about 1,000 of riding so theyve probably saved half a dozen visitations.

 

[mickle]

Not self sealing tubes as such - i use Stan's No Tubes in my tubes. Designed as a tubekess tyre sealant it works a treat as a puncture repellent.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Not self sealing tubes as such - i use Stan's No Tubes in my tubes. Designed as a tubekess tyre sealant it works a treat as a puncture repellent.

Im not familiar with this, how does it work exactly?

 

[screenman]

Stan's No Tube setup ( no inner tubes ) on the MTB and Stan's sealant on the road bikes.

 

[mickle]

Im not familiar with this, how does it work exactly?

Like they all do- super fine fibres held in suspension in a base liquid (latex in the case of stans) behave like the platelets in the blood binding together when forced through the puncture hole under pressure.

 

[palinurus]

Can't comment yet but I've just got a Stan's tubeless kit for the 'cross bike.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Not self sealing tubes as such, but slimed tubes, they work.
Got a puncture from a very sharp flint 5 miles from home. Did not know what caused the puncture at the time, pumped the tyre up, got home no problems.
There I discovered the bit of stone still embedded, removed it, some slime leaked out, but on pumping up again it held. I rode on that self sealed tube for another couple of months before getting another puncture, this time would not self seal, maybe because I'd lost some of the liquid.
Mind you, that tube has now been in a bucket for a few days, still half inflated, waiting for me to repair it. Who knows, maybe it self sealed again

 

[Sheffield_Tiger]

Pah...modern nonsense. When I got one more puncture than I had patches, I rode from Whitby to Grosmont up Blue Bank with my tyre stuffed with grass

 

[Pat "5mph"]

Pah...modern nonsense. When I got one more puncture than I had patches, I rode from Whitby to Grosmont up Blue Bank with my tyre stuffed with grass

That's because your rims are made of Sheffield Steel.

 

[PJ79LIZARD]

Like they all do- super fine fibres held in suspension in a base liquid (latex in the case of stans) behave like the platelets in the blood binding together when forced through the puncture hole under pressure.

I understand, So can be used in tube or tubeless setups. Thanks.

 

[palinurus]

Pah...modern nonsense. When I got one more puncture than I had patches, I rode from Whitby to Grosmont up Blue Bank with my tyre stuffed with grass

I've known that trick for ages but never had to use it.

I have knocked a bent rim into shape with a rock though.

 

[02GF74]

Never used one myself but have a friend who has used them and I fix her punctures hecne I voted no.

 

[Drago]

Use them off road with great success. Downside is they're relatively heavy so negate the point of my Mavic rims on Hope hubs.

 

[smokeysmoo]

Heavy and unnecessary IME.

Good tyres, correct pressure, preventative maintenance and a C02 pump, jobs a good 'un.