Does Slime Work???.......

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11-16-08 | 04:18 PM
  #1  
YES IT DOES!!

Yesterday on my ride,at mile 22 of 40, I hear a quick, loud, pssssst!
I can feel that the tire still has some air in it and I finish my climb, about 1/2 mile. I stop and give the tire a squeeze. It can't have more than about 20-30 psi in it. The Slime sealed it and I could still ride it (tubular). I decided to ride it further just to see what would happen.

After about 4-5 miles it still had the same amount of psi. I decided to give it a shot of co2, because the 15-20 mph wind combined with the tire situation was really sucking.
It took the co2 with out any leakage and I finished my ride with out problem.

It's still holding today. I think I will ride this tire on my shorter, high intensity rides this week to see what happens. I'll be close enough to home it won't be a problem.
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11-16-08 | 04:23 PM
  #2  
which sealant were you using?
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11-16-08 | 04:23 PM
  #3  
My training tires have so much slime in them that I don't even know when I get a puncture. I have to take them off after a ride and look for slime in the rim to know if they punctured. It makes the wheels heavy though, so I don't use it for racing. My tubulars have a small amount of tufo sealant in them.

As far as mileage since the last time I have had to fix a flat, I'd say two thousand. That was before I put the slime in.
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11-16-08 | 04:25 PM
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i use slime on my mtb commuter. but i would never put that stuff into a road tire. psi is to high, slime is known the cause valves to pop, moreso at high speeds in corners. its dangerous and makes a mess. atleast for clinchers, dunno about tublars.

my mtb had a 1 inch nail in the rear tire, and 4 other punctures, all it had was a slow leek with slime, that required pumping every two weeks. i got tired of pumping it up and found the punctures on day, but i road like this for 3months or so.
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11-16-08 | 04:49 PM
  #5  
Quote: which sealant were you using?
This one.
https://www.slime.com/product_82_Tube_Sealant.html
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11-16-08 | 04:55 PM
  #6  
Quote: but i would never put that stuff into a road tire. psi is to high, slime is known the cause valves to pop, moreso at high speeds in corners. its dangerous and makes a mess. atleast for clinchers, dunno about tublars.
Do you have any documentation to back this up?

I'v been using it for several years with no problem, in clinchers and tubulars.
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11-16-08 | 05:02 PM
  #7  
I would also like to see proof of these claims. Valve stem failure happens in non-slime tubes as well (It happened to me this year on four consecutive Specialized tubes without slime.) I haven't had a problem with Conti's that I have injected slime into.
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11-16-08 | 05:54 PM
  #8  
No problems with valve stem failure in my Slimes at 125 PSI. However, the slime won't hold 125 PSI with a puncture; it will deflate to about 80 PSI and hold. I know this b/c it has happened a couple of time; the tire will deflate a bit with a puncture, and I will stop and try and fill it up more. If I get over 80 in there it will rupture the puncture until about 80 PSI or so, and then hold. 80 PSI is more then enough to get home on.
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11-16-08 | 07:02 PM
  #9  
Good to know the stuff actually works. I did some graphic design and packaging design for them years ago and they sent me all kinds of product but I never used any of it. Maybe I'll dig through the garage for it and put some in the mountain bike tires.
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