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Tyre sealant on Tubulars

  • 14-03-2012 8:41am
    #1
    Needabike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭


    Just getting back to using Tubs after a long time on Clinchers

    Wondering if any of you guys are using a tyre sealant or carrying vittoria
    pit stop

    Or am I just as well to bring my phone and call for rescue

    thanks


Comments

  • #2
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    I dont put any inside but I am carrying an effeto mariposa espresso http://www.effettomariposa.eu/en/products/espresso-family/espresso/ .

    For longer rides a spare tyre might make sense as well.


  • #3
    Needabike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 221 ✭✭Needabike


    Cheers Astra

    Where can this be purchased
    Has it CO2 also in the can?


  • #4
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    I run Stans Notubes sealant in my tubs, and carry Vittoria Pitstop as well.
    The initial application of Stans can be a little messy, but well worth it.
    The pitstop has CO2 as well, and is meant to get you back up to over 100 psi, check out the vids on Youtube.


  • #5
    AstraMonti
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,718 ✭✭✭AstraMonti


    Needabike wrote: »
    Cheers Astra

    Where can this be purchased
    Has it CO2 also in the can?

    Yes it can bring the pressure up to 5 bars, more than enough to bring you home. I have a co2 pump as well with me. If none of this work then you can ride it flat for a while or you can call someone to pick you up :D

    I got it from bike24.


  • #6
    victorcarrera
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,059 ✭✭✭victorcarrera


    Just one pin hole puncture recently. On that occasion the Pit Stop @(€;10) on its own inflated the tyre to about 80 psi and got me back to the start OK but was flat within an hour or so. I re-inflated again with a track pump and it lasted 3 months? :confused:. I later learned that the accelerator gas used in the aerosol cans can escape through the tube walls so you need to get CO2 or air in there asap on a long spin.
    When the puncture eventually reappeared I was going to replace the tyre when I found the Crivit Sports Sealant Spray in Lidl @ (€3) and tried it as a last chance and that repair on the same tyre has lasted so far. (My opinion is that it is a re-badged Pit Stop.)
    The sealant can foul the valve so subsequent inflation can be slow an I have to use extra force to lock the valve so it doesn't leak.
    Every treatment adds about 20 gm to your tyre. I now carry the Crivit Sealant and a CO2 cannister.
    (Mine are light and fast but not worth it for the level I am competing at so its clinchers next time round for me.)


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