Originally Posted by FarHorizon
I agree with linux_author's conclusion that the BF consensus is "anti-Slime." I, personally, have tried Slime tires and found that they were not only ineffective at preventing flats but also that they created monumental messes when I needed to deflate a tire for any reason. No Slime for me, thanks.
I agree 100% on that. I've had three flats with Slime tubes, the slime did absolutely nothing but make a huge mess that I had to clean up before fixing. The first one was when the bike and tires were only about 2 months old, and it was just a common T50 staple, two little teeny 1/16" pinholes, and the tire leaked totally out. I pumped it up to give it another chance, and it leaked out again.
I patched that one and kept using it, but I threw them away when they got flatted again because I got sick of cleaning the green crap up before patching/replacing.
There's hardly anything to flat on around here; I ran basically bald crappo $5 Kendas with up to 3000 miles on them until they wore through, for 2 years, and I only punctured twice, so I'm no help there. I'm running Bontrager race lites, and they get decent ratings around here FWIW. They're not bulletproof though.