Two tools that I recently started using which make it easy to add Stan's sealant to tires with removable valve cores that are already mounted on the rims (you have add fresh sealant every few months):
Valve core tool: http://www.parktool.com/product/valve-core-tool-vc-1 I used to use needle-nose pliers and this tool is much better. Sealant Injector: http://www.notubes.com/2oz-Tire-Sealant-Injector-P348.aspx Screw it on the the valve stem after removing the core with the tool above, fill up with your desired amount of sealant from an economy bottle, and squirt in. - David G in San Diego On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:22 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > First, I buy the small, 2-oz bottles -- expensive at $3.99/ea. I use 1 oz > in road tires, 2 oz in mtb tires. I don't want leftover drying up on me, > and the small bottles make measuring and inserting easy. > > For valves with removable cores, simply cut the bottle's tip, remove the > valve core, invert nozzle over stem, and squeeze in the desired amount. > > For presta valves without removable cores: remove tube from tire. Have > your bottles' nozzles cut, and have a small pair of pliers and a rag > nearby. Pinch tube immediately underneath valve. Use pliers to force off > locknut. Let core drop into stem, catching it inside tube with your > fingers. Insert sealant. Invert valve so that core falls back into stem. > Wipe as needed. Invert right side up. Supporting core from underneath, > force locknut back on. > > I've been on horror rides where I've run out of tubes; stopped at a bike > shop and bought more; run out of those too. And one day on the Ken Rogers > tricycle, with 2 rear wheels to flat ...! I've routinely bought patches by > the box of 100. > > > > > On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 8:06 AM, jimD <rasterd...@comcast.net> wrote: > >> Patrick, >> I lived and rode in Albuquerque for ~10 years. It was riding there that >> got me in the habit of carrying three spare tubes (at least) AND a patch >> kit. >> Could you reprise how you get the goop into your tubes? >> Thanks, >> JimD >> >> On Sep 12, 2013, at 7:01 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> One more thing: I can't emphasize how liberating it is not to have to >> worry about goatheads. Hitherto, the sole remedy for goatheads was some >> horrible combination of Slime, 400 gram "thornproof" tubes, wooden belted >> tires, and thick tire liners. I described my travails with the Parigi >> Roubaix when first mounted and before Stan's -- 20 patches in a week. The >> sole thorn proof system I' used (Big Apples were pretty good but not >> "proof") involved the combination above and riding it felt -- literally -- >> as if a gremlin were squeezing the brakes. >> >> The bosque roads, particularly those less used for recreation, are >> covered with this year's massive crop of goathead plants, sometimes the >> vines spreading across the path from side to side. I cheerfully rode >> through such a patch yesterday and, though the thorns are still to mature, >> it was not by any means something I'd have done pre-Stan's. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:55 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> Stan's was "invented" for tubeless conversions but it works in tubes -- >>> I've used it in my 30 mm Parigi Roubaix (~60 psi) and the F Freds (~25 >>> psi). >>> >>> The sole downside of Stan's, as far as I can tell to date, is that it >>> slowly dries up into little, golf-ball sized latex octopuses and you have >>> to replace it. If used in tubes, this means putting up with the solids in >>> your tubes or replacing the tubes every three to six months. With tubeless, >>> of course, you can simply remove the tire and clean up the carcase. >>> >>> The one flat I've had on my two pairs of Stan's equipped tubes was in >>> the higher pressure pair when a bad patch came undone. I expect Stan's, >>> like other sealants, won't work as well on larger holes such as those from >>> roofing nails, though I could be wrong. But, in my case, all flat dangers, >>> for all practical purposes, are goatheads >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 7:49 AM, jimD <rasterd...@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>>> Ok, all the discussion about Stan's has got me pondering. >>>> I looked at their www site and couldn't find much about using the >>>> product in tubes. >>>> >>>> Is putting Stan's in tubes a recommended way to use the goop? I'm >>>> inclined to try it >>>> that way but wonder about practicality and implementation. >>>> >>>> -Jim >>>> >>>> In sunny Cupertino where there are only sporadic encounters with goat >>>> heads. >>>> >>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
