I do most of my riding indoors on the wahoo wheel off trainer. Had my first sprint race about a month ago so put some sealant(orange if the brand matters) in the latex tube that came in the bike from the factory. The sprint race had some pretty bad roads with a lot of bumps, no flats that I could tell and immediately after getting home took the wheel off and put it back on the trainer. I've kept the tire pressure the same since then as I heard if you let it get too low the sealant can fuse the tire together.
Anyways, fast forward to today as I'm doing steelhead 70.3 this weekend I took the bike off the trainer, went outside for a short ride to make everything is in good working order. 45 minutes into the ride I stop to switch from my road to aero helmet to see if the visibility is any better as I had to crane my neck a ton to see barely anything up the road. When I take off again I hear a noise that sounds like what getting a flat sounds like for about 20-30 seconds. Stop check my tire, it's fine. Ride for another couple minutes everything is still fine. As of now a couple hours later the tire is still fully inflated. But I'm worried, was this some sort of flat the sealant 'repaired'? Should I top up the sealant, or is that even possible with latex tubes? Should I be replacing the tube just to be safe? I've heard that changing latex tubes can be a pain so if it's fine I'd rather not mess with it but curious what some of the experts here think.
Anyways, fast forward to today as I'm doing steelhead 70.3 this weekend I took the bike off the trainer, went outside for a short ride to make everything is in good working order. 45 minutes into the ride I stop to switch from my road to aero helmet to see if the visibility is any better as I had to crane my neck a ton to see barely anything up the road. When I take off again I hear a noise that sounds like what getting a flat sounds like for about 20-30 seconds. Stop check my tire, it's fine. Ride for another couple minutes everything is still fine. As of now a couple hours later the tire is still fully inflated. But I'm worried, was this some sort of flat the sealant 'repaired'? Should I top up the sealant, or is that even possible with latex tubes? Should I be replacing the tube just to be safe? I've heard that changing latex tubes can be a pain so if it's fine I'd rather not mess with it but curious what some of the experts here think.