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sdwalker	25 Jul 09:09
Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Posts: 91 Bike: My Profile	has anyone tried it, and your thoughts on if it is any better than puncture repair kits, and weather it really does prevent them if smeared around the whole tube. Seems a bit steep in price when a repair kit is only a couple of quid and tubes realtivly reasonable now too
My Latest Route: Mar 2012 Bedgebury Forest Red Route

eltelio	25 Jul 10:00
Joined: 08 Jul 2011 Posts: 129 Bike: My Profile	Hi, I've tried the stuff and a few other products from the same people. Its been my experience that not many of these products are very effective and the slime itself is just too messy to work with. Just not worth the hassle. I've found that pulling out the extra cash for a good set of puncture resistant tyres is a far better option, and when the inevitable happens stick in a fresh tube and do the puncture repair in the comfort of your own home. If a repair in the field is the only course of action I've found Park pre-glued patches pretty good, rather than messing about with glue in the open.. Hope all this is relevant and has helped anyway.
My Latest Route: May 2012 Wylam and Beyond

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Hi, I've tried the stuff and a few other products from the same people. Its been my experience that not many of these products are very effective and the slime itself is just too messy to work with. Just not worth the hassle. I've found that pulling out the extra cash for a good set of puncture resistant tyres is a far better option, and when the inevitable happens stick in a fresh tube and do the puncture repair in the comfort of your own home. If a repair in the field is the only course of action I've found Park pre-glued patches pretty good, rather than messing about with glue in the open.. Hope all this is relevant and has helped anyway.

My Latest Route: May 2012 Wylam and Beyond

sdwalker	25 Jul 10:56
Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Posts: 91 Bike: My Profile	very helpfull thanks just been out and bought my new tube i am pretty sure the punctur is repairable as it is losing presure over 1-2 days so must be tiny will still check for thorns though, the little buggers get every were and trying to find them is imposible.
My Latest Route: Mar 2012 Bedgebury Forest Red Route

eltelio	25 Jul 11:04
Joined: 08 Jul 2011 Posts: 129 Bike: My Profile	I dont know why it should be so, I'm sure theres a scientific answer for it out there somewhere, but most of the punctures I've had have been with thorns and the like and very rarely with glass and other metal objects. Suppose the answer is stay away from lanes that have just had the hedgerows cut!!Laters bud
My Latest Route: May 2012 Wylam and Beyond

soren	26 Jul 06:26
Joined: 09 Jan 2010 Posts: 90 Bike: My Profile	One of the best and most cost effective ways of minimising the risks of getting a puncture is to make sure you are running at you tyres correct pressures.

dudley	26 Jul 07:09
Joined: 16 Jan 2009 Posts: 498 Bike: My Profile	driving round with the bike on the roof is quite effective too! I buy inner tubes in packs of 5 - much cheapness. Also very few glass punctures - usually thorns or shards of wire reinforcement from shredded lorry / car tyres.
My Latest Route: Nov 2009 Forth Estuary Circular

Pesmo	30 Jul 17:13
Joined: 17 Jul 2010 Posts: 89 Bike: My Profile	I find the various products like slime only delay the deflation of the tube through the puncture. They don't seal it perminantly.

mr.mole	31 Jul 10:45
Joined: 24 May 2010 Posts: 47 Bike: My Profile	i tend to buy slime self healing tubes, where its already in the tube, im assuming thats what your on about? Ive had no bother with them, and have loved them, when i first started cycling just over 2 years ago i used normal tubes and i had about 5 punctures over the space of the year, which is good, but since using slime self healing tubes, ive had one. When i took the tube out, it had a fair few thorns in it, which i assume must have been in awhile, and so i think there well worth their money. I tend not to repir them and just buy a new one, there cheap enough when u dont buy many :-)

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i tend to buy slime self healing tubes, where its already in the tube, im assuming thats what your on about?
Ive had no bother with them, and have loved them, when i first started cycling just over 2 years ago i used normal tubes and i had about 5 punctures over the space of the year, which is good, but since using slime self healing tubes, ive had one. When i took the tube out, it had a fair few thorns in it, which i assume must have been in awhile, and so i think there well worth their money. I tend not to repir them and just buy a new one, there cheap enough when u dont buy many :-)

sdwalker	01 Aug 08:34
Joined: 17 Mar 2011 Posts: 91 Bike: My Profile	had not herd of these innertubes before but they certainly look the business and like you saind not toomuch more expensive that specialized standard presta tubes will look at installing these on the next flat
My Latest Route: Mar 2012 Bedgebury Forest Red Route

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