Re: [CR] Tubular Tire Sealant Recommendations?

Date: Sun, 5 Apr 2009 21:15:39 -0500
From: "John Thompson" <johndthompson@gmail.com>
Organization: The Crimson Permanent Assurance
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Subject: Re: [CR] Tubular Tire Sealant Recommendations?

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.

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-John Thompson (john@os2.dhs.org)
Appleton WI USA