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I am thinking ahead and am wondering if you need to clean the inside of your tyres after they have been sitting there all winter with Stans in and have mostly deflated. I know I have to do it after getting something inside before but am not sure if this is a normal part of maintenance.

(My winter bike has slime inner tubes and they are RUBBISH)


 
Posted : 07/02/2014 1:59 pm
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It's probably dried out by now, I usualy clean mine out but no need to get retentive about it, just scrub it quickly with some soap and a yard broom to remove the loose stuff, rinse, stick some fresh sealent in and inflate them again.


 
Posted : 07/02/2014 2:22 pm
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Take the alien blob out and top up with fresh sealant...that's what I shall be doing


 
Posted : 07/02/2014 2:25 pm
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Don't forget to remove the thorns as they accelerate the growth of the alien blob !


 
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I usually just take the valve core out and squirt some more sealant in.


 
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I usually just take the valve core out and squirt some more sealant in.

I used to do that when I used art latex that dried within about a week. After 6 months or so I weighed my 440g Explorer Supersonic tyre, which by now had a generous coating of latex, to find it weighed over 700g.

I immediately stopped using art latex, and started picking the worst of the dry stuff out of tyres!


 
Posted : 07/02/2014 5:04 pm