Mountain Biking - any one use slime tire liners?

I purchased a slime tire liner to try out, 5$ what the hell, and i cant get it to stay put while i put the tube in. I didnt notice till afterward when i ripped the sticker to unwrap the liner that the directions were on it. I read in some thread that someone would use contact cement to glue the liners to the inside of the tires but i dont think they were the slime ones. Anyone have any ideas or experience with these? Thanks

HMM I usually leave one side of the tire mounted inflate the tube to just when it goes round and then put the tube in. This usually keeps the liner secure enough to mount the other bead of the tire. I have had to move liners back to the center on a few occasions but not many. I have found that leaving the wheel on the floor whle doing this is much easier than holding it upright.

Thanks ill try that tonight.

Don't use them, they are just a mess to deal with.

Don't use them, they are just a mess to deal with.
Can you please explain. Its the first time i try them so i have no experience with them. thanks

If one of them fail the stuff gets everywhere.

They are a pain to fit and tend to move about in the tyre during use. The edges can also cause extra wear on the tube and tyre.

Other pucture prevention methods usually work better. Tyres with kevlar belts or one of the slime sealents.

If one of them fail the stuff gets everywhere.

No man a Slime liner not the tube but the liner. There is a superior product than SLime to inject your tubes with. http://www.truegoo.com/ I have used it exclusively for two years, and have injected almost 600 tubes with it. Coupled with a tire liner and say goodbye to flats. I do a one year gurantee against flats using this method and have only had one customer come back in in two years. This is no b.s. I also have not noticed any wear on tires or tubes since I have ran them in my bikes for over 5 years.

Hi, just got my second flat in a year with slime liner, trashing them today, trying different type anyone have a favorite?

Yeah, everyone I know who had one of the tire liners just got pinch flats instead of thorns and all going into the tires.

I tend to use a lot of one-liners.

No man a Slime liner not the tube but the liner. There is a superior product than SLime to inject your tubes with. http://www.truegoo.com/ I have used it exclusively for two years, and have injected almost 600 tubes with it. Coupled with a tire liner and say goodbye to flats. I do a one year gurantee against flats using this method and have only had one customer come back in in two years. This is no b.s. I also have not noticed any wear on tires or tubes since I have ran them in my bikes for over 5 years.



Ok, what liner do I need?

I'm freaking SICK of flats. Last 4 rides, I got a flat every time. I have only used slime sealent, which didn't do much.

I debating on using those "bell" brand tubes with the sealent in them. They guarentee them. I'm sure they'll fail, but maybe I could get my money back.

Pyramid makes some thorn-proof tubes that are so thick-walled, I'd swear you could almost run them as tires. I think the walls are thicker than the Kenda downhill tubes (and those are monsters).

Pyramid makes some thorn-proof tubes that are so thick-walled, I'd swear you could almost run them as tires. I think the walls are thicker than the Kenda downhill tubes (and those are monsters).

Lol, I seen those monsters. :roflmao2: and yea, they are thicker than some tires I've owned. I am a bit of a weight weenie, but man I'm sick of flats. Might be a fair trade-off.

True Goo.

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i run normal tires with normal tubes.

probably tubeless tires with tubes in them too.

(I HATE IT!! Snakebites and flats all the time!!)

I used to run the extra thick tubes (those ones that felt like a bullet would bounce off the outter wall, that had slime in them. They worked well, but are heavy..

I ditched my tire liners because they were a huge pain to deal with, and made the tire heavier.
When I switch over to my Mytho's I didn't bother to put the liners in, they didn't fit very well and were to much hassel.

The shop I work at does:

Pyramid PR tubes
Use the old tube as a liner (cut and wrap it around it)
and if you really dont care about weight, sealer.

Bombproof.

Panaracer markets a 25 gram sticky backed Kevlar strip to use as a liner. I'm going to put them in a Panaracer kevlar belted tire (which should be here today) and see how that works.

I've used the True Goo tubes with the sealant already in them and had good luck.

I purchased a slime tire liner to try out, 5$ what the hell, and i cant get it to stay put while i put the tube in. I didnt notice till afterward when i ripped the sticker to unwrap the liner that the directions were on it. I read in some thread that someone would use contact cement to glue the liners to the inside of the tires but i dont think they were the slime ones. Anyone have any ideas or experience with these? Thanks

I have not used the slime tire liner but I have used in my MTB tire a liner. I have been riding one time and pulled a THUMB TACK out of the my tire and I rode the tires many years afterward.

perhaps you could save from a mailer that has that sticky stuff in it and use it to hold it in place. also make sure that you are inflating the tire just a little and it will help hold it in place.

Just some of my ideas/ experience