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Quick repair for tubular tyre

  • 25-12-2013 09:21PM
    #1
    foxer3640
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭


    Hi everyone. I went out for a spin this morning to clear the head before Christmas and got a puncture in my rear tyre (tubular). I had a bit of stans sealant left over from my days as a mountain biker and I decided to try a quick fix. I got some of the sealant into the valve using a coke bottle with a hole drilled in the cap, pumped it to 140psi and so far so good. Has anyone ever tried this? Im a bit nervous about it letting me down some day but don't want to throw away the tyre as theres plenty of life left in it still. Happy Christmas all!


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  • #2
    Zippe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭Zippe


    foxer3640 wrote: »
    Hi everyone. I went out for a spin this morning to clear the head before Christmas and got a puncture in my rear tyre (tubular). I had a bit of stans sealant left over from my days as a mountain biker and I decided to try a quick fix. I got some of the sealant into the valve using a coke bottle with a hole drilled in the cap, pumped it to 140psi and so far so good. Has anyone ever tried this? Im a bit nervous about it letting me down some day but don't want to throw away the tyre as theres plenty of life left in it still. Happy Christmas all!

    Hey,

    I used Stan's no tube,I put on in a conti tub last year and it worked,it is still sound,it's worth a try at €2.50 a pop,

    Cheers zip,


  • #3
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Zippe wrote: »
    Hey,

    I used Stan's no tube,I put on in a conti tub last year and it worked,it is still sound,it's worth a try at €2.50 a pop,

    Cheers zip,

    If you have put it in last year it will have dried out to latex cobwebs by now.


  • #4
    Zippe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,848 ✭✭✭Zippe


    gman2k wrote: »
    If you have put it in last year it will have dried out to latex cobwebs by now.

    It's still holding up at the min anyway, only thing I find with it it blocks up the valves so you need to clean them out. It was a new gp4000 tub with about 50/60 km done so it was worth a try and done the job at the time,I will be fitting new gp's next year anyway,

    Zip,


  • #5
    bcmf
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,679 ✭✭✭bcmf


    I know its prob tufo specific but the tufo tub glue works brilliantly.
    Although tufo tubs don't have any tubes not sure it would work and you need to be able to remove the valve core


  • #6
    foxer3640
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 218 ✭✭foxer3640


    Thanks guys was a bit nervous about it letting me down. I think i'll put some stans in the front one too.


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