Re: [CR] Tubular Tire Sealant Recommendations?

(Example: Bike Shops:R.E.W. Reynolds)

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Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2009 02:14:28 -0400
From: "Harry Travis" <travis.harry@gmail.com>
To: <john@os2.dhs.org>
Cc: CR List <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR] Tubular Tire Sealant Recommendations?


John: Might it not have been better to inject through the tread so the hole you make is bathed with fresh latex by centrifugal action for as long as the stop-leak remains fluid?

Harry Travis Washington, "DC USA

On Sun, Apr 5, 2009 at 10:15 PM, John Thompson <johndthompson@gmail.com>wrote:
> scott davis wrote:
>
>> Can anyone offer some tire sealant opinions. I have a couple of dead 80s
>> Italian Clement Criteriums w/ replaceable valves. I'm not sure if tubes are
>> natural rubber or latex.
>>
>
> FWIW, I recently experimented with injecting sealant into tubulars with
> non-removable valve cores. You can read about it here:
> http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=516970
>
> So far I've done it on 3 tubulars; all three seem to be holding up fine.
>
> --
>
> -John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
> Appleton WI USA