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As posted previously, I decided to get some tubulars on my road bike. Really just for fun. Should I add sealant to them or not? Assume it is whatever your favorite sealant is if that helps not make this a "what sealant to use". I have my sealant I use in my clinchers (forget the name right now. It's green and "guaranteed" not to dry up for 5years).
Sealant in tubulars:
Pro - potential flat protection
Con - dries up and unlike a clincher, cant just swap a new tube
Thoughts?
Absolutely use sealant.....I have only ever had one flat in my tubies since I started using sealant and that was an object in the road that ripped a hole in my sidewall.
I have had a couple of slow leaks that I did not find until the next day, but a quick hit of sealant would take care of them.
From my understanding, the sealants that will harden over time are the ones with latex in them. I read somewhere that Caffelatex sealant (despite its name) does NOT have altex and will not harden. Dunno....haven't tried it. I usally defer to Stans or Tufo since that is what I can find locally. Never had any hardening problems, but I know that Stans will harden over time.
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