Does anyone have any knowledge or experience with a product called Ride-On. Their claims of sealing, balancing, and cleanliness seem almost ideal.

I haven't used Ride-on specifically, but for the past half-century or so, I have used sealants like this in every motorcycle I've owned/used.

The brand I have used mostly is PJ1 Balance Plus.  I started using it when Cycle World tested it in the 1970s and said it worked well, with only two disadvantages:
-- It could be messy when you change a tire if it is a tubeless tire, or if it is tubed tire with a ripped tube.
-- You have to check your tires for nails more often because it will not leak if you pick up a nail.

The couple of times I had a puncture with a tubed tire, it did not rip, or leak any air.

It does a fantastic job of balancing because the balance is always perfect, and it doesn't change any as the tire wears.  On a really cold day, if the bike was parked outside overnight, you can feel some imbalance for a mile or so while the goo inside loosens up and moves to where it needs to be for proper balancing.

ZAR wrote on 06/06/13 at 07:02:54:


I just discovered the same thing.  Bummer.  

I bought a case of the stuff several years ago,.. after this RYCA Double Build, I only have a couple bottles left.

Maybe I'll try Ride-On if I can't find anymore PJ-1.  The reviews seem pretty good.  http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=142869  It seems like Ride-On is about the same stuff as PJ-1, functionally.

On long trips I usually have the green goop stuff to stop a leak long enough to get to a shop to get it fixed. I personally haven't needed to use it on the motorcycle but used it on a car tire once (with plug too), so I am not sure what a liquid sealant would do with a tube...

I still have some ride on and I have used it on one tubed tire in a real world for serious test.  The tire was being worn out inside the rim portion by a protruding rough rust clump, so the ride on was ineffective for more than 2-3 days as the wear action kept on going, but it did give time to get home, so I guess it did an OK short term job.

A lot of this stuff is sold for mountain bike tires that pick up thorn punctures, and it is pretty effective on a tiny thorn type puncture.

Screws and such, no so much .....  anything that causes a progressive rip in the tube is gonna fail on you.

It does make for one fer serious holy mess when the tear in the tube progresses and lets the stuff out all over the rear wheel (lubricated bead will break free and then lets the snot ooze out all over the place).

Had to replace my rear brake shoes because of oily contamination from the dripping oozing ride on (lost braking effectiveness).

I got a flat on an almost new rear tire about 50 miles from home. The rigidity of the tire made highway travel okay at 60+ MPH, it was, well,, not smart, but It got me down the road. I stopped & got 5 cans ( different places) of different stuff. It was holding, kinda,, & I got home. But, when I got home & stopped, the tire developed the Most Horrible case of diarrhea you can imagine! The tube must finally just split & all that crap came gushing out, OHHH My Gawwwd! Wadda mess.. BUt, I was Home!

Isn't it funny how some folks can have exactly the opposite experiences of others?

Serowbot wrote on 06/06/13 at 10:53:39: