As a substitute for the Vittoria Pit Stop, would anybody use “preventive” sealants on your tires? I’m a zero maintenance type of person, and would simply like to get myself from T1 to T2 without thinking of a flat on a 90k ride.
It is a “Yay” for me.
Try Stan’s Notubes Tire Sealant comes in a 2oz bottle good for one tire…
If you don’t mind losing a little speed for a sealant that won’t seal a puncture go for it.
I hit a beer bottle the day before Oliver HIM 4 weeks ago, I had a set of Corsa cx Tubulars which were both less than an hour old. (double flatted)
After a trip to the Bike Barn for new tires I thought the old ones were Garbage.
When I got home I used stans for the first time on both, just to see if I could salvage a few miles on them.
One was still garbage but the other is at 700km and I have flatted twice on it, after about 3-5 revolutions it re-seals and I don’t stop. This is not a race tire but I will run it into the ground for another couple 100 km.
I haven’t tried anything else but I will use stans in all my tires from here on in.
+1
big fan, one flat on a tubeless in over a year.
+1 on Stans. Due to the cost of replacing tubulars, I’d put a bottle of Stan’s in. Worked well on my road tubeless.
+1 on some preventative sealant.
I moved from Stan’s to sealants not based on natural latex after managing to glue a nice tubular together from the inside out when the tire sat over the winter and the latex sealant dried out. Latex is great for tubeless but not so great for expensive tubulars if you don’t top it up regularly and it dries out.
Good homepage tech piece on sealants, what they’re based on and some of the tradeoffs in different applications: http://www.slowtwitch.com/Products/Things_that_Roll/Tires/Tire_Sealants_2765.html
-Dave
Another good option is Tufo tire sealant. I have had good luck with that brand.
i really like a product called Cafe Latex, it’s good with the latex tubes and is much less viscous than the stans, so you can inject it into tires without a removable valve core. I use about 1/4 cup in new tubulars. I train on tubulars and wear them down to the cords and very rarely get flats. Before the sealant, training on tubulars was kind of a chore.
I have been using the slim Pro sealant and it has worked great. Tire wears out before the sealant solidifies.
If you don’t mind losing a little speed for a sealant that won’t seal a puncture go for it.
Why is there any loss in speed? My understanding was that it did not affect Crr