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If I get a side wall rip, and all the sealant in my tyre pours out on to the trail, is it going to kill all the squirrels?

How bad is a latex based sealant to the environment?


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:17 pm
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have a think about where latex comes from

you are not BP


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:24 pm
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poor little squirrels, tails all matted from all the latex

BAN TUBELESS TYRES I SAY


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:43 pm
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I've got a mental image of rubber squirrels bouncing about the place... (-:

The only info I can find about latex hazards (outside of NSFW applications) is relating to people who are allergic to the stuff.


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:50 pm
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have a think about where latex comes from

Have a think about where crude oil comes from.


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:52 pm
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Actually, having never run tubeless I don't know much about them, but is there actually a risk of sealent "pouring" out? I assumed that it worked by coating the insides of the tyre and drying rather than sloshing about in there.


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:53 pm
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Have a think about where crude oil comes from.

Mostly from the sumps of MkII Escorts and Transit vans in my experience.


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:54 pm
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Cougar - it stays liquid until it clogs up a little hole.
If the hole is too big it stays liquid and just pours out, at which point a tube is used and the non tubeless converts laugh and laugh.


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 12:55 pm
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Right.

Isn't that terribly off-putting?


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 1:01 pm
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Have a think about where crude oil comes from.

crude oil comes from trees ?! - cool, I think I might dig up large tracts of land to plant palms


 
Posted : 04/06/2010 5:45 pm