Kind of topical for me as I have been suffering from recurring punctures on my front wheel: Dr Sludge tube inside a Rocket Ron, topped up with extra sealant before the latest ride. On feeling inside the tyre I could feel a sharp thorn, which was obviously waggling around and keeping the hole in the tube open – the tyre was full of sealant that had run out of the tube. No sign of the thorn on the outside of the tyre, so tried to pull it out from the inside, seemed to work for a couple of weeks then this weekend the same story.
So, I am at the far end of the supply chain and looking at the possibilities: Stan's/Joe's/ghetto. Ghetto has some appeal because I can probably buy sealant locally – anybody know if car tyre sealant will work in a bike tyre? Otherwise it's CRC and UPS which will take 10 days.
BenjiM, you say you have ghettoed a Racing Ralph Triple Nano but others have had problems (notubes.com message board, linky doesn't work)
I added two layers of velox and managed to inflate the tires and added the sealant. Generally they keep their pressure very well. It appears that while riding (100km) While riding I'm not losing any pressure at all, but when the bike stands still for a few hours the tires lose some pressure because of new appearing tiny holes in the sidewall just beneath the tread. How can I expect it will take for the tires to be perfectly sealed ?
It seems to me that the bead rubber on Ralphs and Rons is slightly ribbed, does this not cause a seating/sealing problem when going ghetto?
I'm not a hardcore rider: not too much in the way of extreme terrain, just rolling trails, thick sand and tribulus terrestris.
(Offtopic: whilst Googling for answers to my questions I found this, which makes STW forums look like a repository for the Queen's English.)