Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Wow, that's the exact opposite of my experience. I've tried Slime twice, once came from the factory with Slime, another I tried adding it. I have never seen it actually seal even the tiniest hole. It just make a huge damn mess and makes it difficult to patch the tube.
If I got another bike with Slime in the tubes, I wouldn't ride it a foot without replacing the tubes with ones without that horrible cr4p in them.
You'll get no argument from me about them being messy. I wouldn't be sold on it if I hadn't actually SEEN the stuff ooze out of a hole & the stop it without me even slowing the bike down.
I've heard other sealants aren't as friggin' messy & may try them out at some point. As I just put new tires on the bike a couple of weeks ago, it'll most likely be a LONG time before I change tubes. No joke... from when I bought my tires last til the time I replaced them due to wear, I never replaced or patched a tube. I did put new tubes in the new tires, but I'm not even sure I needed to do that. Just feels weird having new tires & not new tubes... like wearing dirty socks in new shoes.
