Slime tubes for my 29er?
08-20-18, 01:50 PM
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Slime tubes for my 29er?
Tubeless is the long term plan, but until then, do Slime tubes get the job done? Running 29 x 2.25 and thinking Slime tubes might provide some added security. Experiences to share?
08-20-18, 02:00 PM
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Only awful experiences from the co-op. I'd just go with a spare tube. And tire liners. You still won't get by with lower pressures like tubeless. I can run decent single track with my pressures at 32psi and generally avoid pinch flats. Stupid wooden bridge crossings are where I usually smack the back and get a flat.
08-20-18, 03:15 PM
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Slime sucks, but sealant in the tubes has worked for me. It requires tubes with removable valve cores. Remove the core, pour in a few ounces of Orange Seal, and boom - poor man's tubeless. I ran this setup on Dirty Kanza in 2016 with no flats, before I finally upgraded to actual tubeless.
08-20-18, 03:24 PM
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Slime sucks, but sealant in the tubes has worked for me. It requires tubes with removable valve cores. Remove the core, pour in a few ounces of Orange Seal, and boom - poor man's tubeless. I ran this setup on Dirty Kanza in 2016 with no flats, before I finally upgraded to actual tubeless.
09-03-18, 02:39 PM
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I had Slime tubes in my daughter's 27.5s before her wheel upgrade to tubeless. The Slime never dried like when you get a puncture with Stans, Orange Seal etc. It kept oozing green out of each thorn hole and slowed the leaks but never sealed solid. I guess it's better that nothing but true tubeless is the way to go.
09-03-18, 08:29 PM
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Slime is the worst thing on earth. LBS guys just offer it to jack up the price of fixing a flat. Good tire pressure, a patch kit, or go tubeless.
09-19-18, 01:42 PM
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I used to ride with tubes before but here in Las Vegas, there's a lot of thorns that will give you leaks here and there. So now I run tubeless. When running tubes (now only with my road bikes), I put stans in it (valve core must be removable) and it has worked for me so far. Hopefully I did not jinx myself buy posting this LOL.
09-19-18, 02:56 PM
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Well some don't like the slime, but for Schrader valve tubes I have done it. I haven't tried to slime a 29er presta tube, nor have I used a slime tube on my 29er. I live in the land of goatheads and have seen tires covered in them. I have done a few of the local kids bikes and my wife's 26 er is done with slime tubes too. It works against goathead punctures. Most have held for over a year. I pull the core of the schrader valve put a few ounces into the tire. It just sucks getting flats every ride and I am not paying for a conversion kt for local kids, when they can be happy out riding for free - I will give the slime out free. I have used Slime tubes with good results too. It won't help with pinch flats I don't think, but it sure helps with goatheads. I have seen tires covered in goatheads - literally hundreds if the single track in my area hasn't been ridden for a while. Goatheads are really a bane for me!
09-19-18, 03:45 PM
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I was having a string of bad luck with normal tubes from China, the land of many (bad tubes that is) so I spent a few more bucks and upgraded to Slime tubes with Presta valves on my 27.5 MTB and haven't had a single problem since. I've gotten so complacent with them I forget most mornings to even check tire pressures, short of squeezing the brake and pushing down on the frame (first front and then rear). I like them.
