Tubeless road,, Sold !!
bikes`n`guns
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Out for a run today and whilst riding through bandit country in Edinburgh I hit glass. The front went bang and started spraying sealant out like a Katherine wheel.
I slowed and unclipped and by the time I had stopped, the hole was sealed and I rode home without even having to re-inflate. Brilliant, and quite amazing given the bloody great hole in the tyre.
Tubes ? , bugger that !
I slowed and unclipped and by the time I had stopped, the hole was sealed and I rode home without even having to re-inflate. Brilliant, and quite amazing given the bloody great hole in the tyre.
Tubes ? , bugger that !
Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently
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I just bought tubeless wheels, so I get it. But I feel like I should point out that you could put the same sealant into a latex tube in a normal clincher.0
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What sealant?0
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Bontrager
Spoke too soon though. Whatever was in the hole came out under pressure and the sealant couldn`t cope with the size of the hole left.
New tyre. Bugger. Never mind, still wouldn`t go back to tubes.Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0 -
just patch the tyre - Hutchinson (and someone else) do a kit
Panaracer. Dead easy to do as well, even at the roadside. I've had to do it trailside on my mountain bike when a flint took a slice out of my tyre and I ended up putting two repairs in to hold it.Trail fun - Transition Bandit
Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
Allround - Cotic Solaris0 -
Can the tyre patches withstand road tyre pressures and do they stick alright if you've had latex in the tyre? Haven't gone tubeless myself yet, but may do.
I did stick latex sealant into a tube when I did L2B off road on the cross bike. Don't know if it worked but I didn't have any problems and the same tubes are on the bike now over a year later with no visits. Could be coincidence of course.0 -
Can the tyre patches withstand road tyre pressures and do they stick alright if you've had latex in the tyre? Haven't gone tubeless myself yet, but may do.
I did stick latex sealant into a tube when I did L2B off road on the cross bike. Don't know if it worked but I didn't have any problems and the same tubes are on the bike now over a year later with no visits. Could be coincidence of course.
They're not "patches" as you're thinking. It's like stuffing a hole with rubber and glue. (You use a needle threaded with a strip of rubber that's covered in goo, pass it through the tyre and then back again so you end up with four strips of rubber jammed in the hole. Trim the ends off (if you can be arsed) and then pop tyre back on, reinflate, ride off.Trail fun - Transition Bandit
Road - Wilier Izoard Centaur/Cube Agree C62 Disc
Allround - Cotic Solaris0 -
Meh
I just killed the tyre and bought a new one, the hole was mahoosive and I cant be rsed trying to fix somit that look buggered to me.
Still sold on tubeless as I rode home on a tyre with a bleeding great hole in it.Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0 -
What make/model of tyre was it that punctured ?0
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Was a Bontrager R3Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0
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Meh
I just killed the tyre and bought a new one, the hole was mahoosive and I cant be rsed trying to fix somit that look buggered to me.
Still sold on tubeless as I rode home on a tyre with a bleeding great hole in it.
How much is a new tyre?I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
£30 to £40Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0
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Thats got to be incredibly bad luck to trash a tyre, otherwise it could get expensive.£30 to £40I'm sorry you don't believe in miracles0 -
I agree.
To be honest though I can`t remember the last time I trashed a tyre, and it would have been trashed even if it was tubed. I wouldn`t have been happy running at 100psi looning round a corner at 50kph on a tyre with a great big cut in it, patched or not.Trek,,,, too cool for school ,, apparently0 -
Can the tyre patches withstand road tyre pressures and do they stick alright if you've had latex in the tyre? Haven't gone tubeless myself yet, but may do.
I did stick latex sealant into a tube when I did L2B off road on the cross bike. Don't know if it worked but I didn't have any problems and the same tubes are on the bike now over a year later with no visits. Could be coincidence of course.
I'm really interested in your comment about putting sealant into an inner tube. Seems to be the best of both worlds for me and very keen to try this out over the winter months to hopefully prevent that really annoying puncture when it's f'in freezing. Any advice please - what sealant did you use etc.
Many thanks0 -
Sorry, just seen this.Can the tyre patches withstand road tyre pressures and do they stick alright if you've had latex in the tyre? Haven't gone tubeless myself yet, but may do.
I did stick latex sealant into a tube when I did L2B off road on the cross bike. Don't know if it worked but I didn't have any problems and the same tubes are on the bike now over a year later with no visits. Could be coincidence of course.
I'm really interested in your comment about putting sealant into an inner tube. Seems to be the best of both worlds for me and very keen to try this out over the winter months to hopefully prevent that really annoying puncture when it's f'in freezing. Any advice please - what sealant did you use etc.
Many thanks
You need tubes with removable valve cores. I just removed the valve core and squeezed some sealant in them then replaced the core and pumped them up as normal. I think I used half the amount recommended for tubeless, thinking I didn't need to seal around the beads. The stuff must still be in there as it occasionally spits a bit at me when I top the pressure up. I got some latex sealant for tubeless tyres, I got Specialized stuff because that's what LBS had, but I'm sure any of them would do. Without taking the tyres off and inspecting the tube carefully I won't know if it's really been put to the test though.0 -
If you put anything in a tube, be extra careful to not pinch it against the rim when you fit the tyre. I pinched a slime tube once, when I inflated it it exploded and sprayed green gunk all over the kitchen. Superfuncleaningtimes.0
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Sorry, just seen this.Can the tyre patches withstand road tyre pressures and do they stick alright if you've had latex in the tyre? Haven't gone tubeless myself yet, but may do.
I did stick latex sealant into a tube when I did L2B off road on the cross bike. Don't know if it worked but I didn't have any problems and the same tubes are on the bike now over a year later with no visits. Could be coincidence of course.
I'm really interested in your comment about putting sealant into an inner tube. Seems to be the best of both worlds for me and very keen to try this out over the winter months to hopefully prevent that really annoying puncture when it's f'in freezing. Any advice please - what sealant did you use etc.
Many thanks
You need tubes with removable valve cores. I just removed the valve core and squeezed some sealant in them then replaced the core and pumped them up as normal. I think I used half the amount recommended for tubeless, thinking I didn't need to seal around the beads. The stuff must still be in there as it occasionally spits a bit at me when I top the pressure up. I got some latex sealant for tubeless tyres, I got Specialized stuff because that's what LBS had, but I'm sure any of them would do. Without taking the tyres off and inspecting the tube carefully I won't know if it's really been put to the test though.
Many thanks0
