Re: [RBW] Cowboy Trail NE, Goatheads, tire choice

2018-02-04 Thread Patrick Moore
Note too that with Orange Seal or any other sealant I've used, if you get a bigger hole from glass or nail that the sealant can't seal, you'll have a mess and a tube that you can't patch -- a downside of using sealant. But I find that these sorts of punctures are so rare that a spare tube (with sea

Re: [RBW] Cowboy Trail NE, Goatheads, tire choice

2018-02-04 Thread Patrick Moore
FWIW, you can remove the cores from valves that are not "removable". Just use pliers to remove the core locknut; let the core fall into the tube (pinch tube under the valve stem so that it doth not disappear into the abyss), and squirt in your sealant. Even if the core does drop to the unimaginable

Re: [RBW] Cowboy Trail NE, Goatheads, tire choice

2018-02-04 Thread Patrick Moore
You don't need tubeless tires to use sealants that effectively prevent goatheads punctures. On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 7:50 PM, WETH wrote: > My son and I plan on riding several of the country's (USA) railtrails this > summer, including the Cowboy Trail in Nebraska. > http://www.bikecowboytrail.com/