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misterbbq Full Member Offline newbie Posts: 157 Acworth, GA Gender:	fix-a-flat? 07/17/13 at 09:42:38 does fix-a-flat work on tubed tires such as ours? worth carrying a can for long trips?
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Serowbot YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline OK.... so what's the speed of dark? Posts: 28663 Tucson Az Gender:	Re: fix-a-flat? Reply #1 - 07/17/13 at 09:57:37 Not really... they don't work well for anything larger than a torn puncture,... and not well in tubes... Street bikes usually get nails or screws,. and the tubes usually blow out... F'aFlat will just make a horrible mess...
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Greg Serious Thumper Offline Molon Labe Posts: 1251 Southeast PA, uSA Gender:	Re: fix-a-flat? Reply #2 - 07/17/13 at 14:50:39 But trying to solve the flat tire with Fix-a-Flat will waste enough time that you should calm down a bit before calling that buddy with a pickup truck.
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: fix-a-flat? Reply #3 - 07/17/13 at 17:11:43 misterbbq wrote on 07/17/13 at 09:42:38: does fix-a-flat work on tubed tires such as ours? worth carrying a can for long trips? No. And the couple of times I've tried it in tubeless tires it didn't work too good either. Complete waste of money IMO.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5837 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: fix-a-flat? Reply #4 - 07/17/13 at 20:47:06 put tire snot in with a new tube and forget about flat tires till they wear out , then get another new tube and tire and snot it ! Works for me !
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oldNslow Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2683 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: fix-a-flat? Reply #5 - 07/18/13 at 10:45:44 MMRanch wrote on 07/17/13 at 20:47:06: put tire snot in with a new tube and forget about flat tires till they wear out , then get another new tube and tire and snot it ! Works for me ! What's tire snot - is that a brand name, or a nickname for a specific product ?
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Re: fix-a-flat?
Reply #6 - 07/18/13 at 12:31:31

oldNslow wrote on 07/18/13 at 10:45:44:

MMRanch wrote on 07/17/13 at 20:47:06:

put tire snot in with a new tube and forget about flat tires till they wear out , then get another new tube and tire and snot it ! Grin

Works for me ! Wink

What's tire snot - is that a brand name, or a nickname for a specific product ?

Had to resort to the use of Tire Snot in MMRanch's presence on the last Dragon Run. It is the liquied tire sealent........SLIME was the product I bought. I got a piece of glass in my front tire on the 2nd day, and we were not sure if it went deep enough to hit anything. I put the Slime in and it is working just fine.....I have no idea if it is sealing anything or just waiting patieantly for a hole to appear.

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Reply #7 - 07/18/13 at 22:30:02

Once, long ago,, like 6 or so years ago, I got a flat & used a can of Fix-A-Flat & it sealed off & got me home. Tire was worn badly, so, I ordered a new one & went & had it put on, IIRC it held up till I got the new one on,,

Then, on an almost brand new rear tire, I got a flat & I guess I used 4 or 5 cans to get home,, it was a 50 mile trip, at 50 or more MPH, on the Slab It felt fine, but get slowed down & in town Id hafta blow a few bucks into the tire. Last one did pretty good, it plugged up & held Some pressure, which along with the heavy, stiff new tire was good for the last 10 or 12 miles of slow roads. I got home, pulled down the drive, parked it & it blew that plug of gooky nasty crap out & ugly junk spewed out of it for a while,,
& they werent happy with me where I took it to get a new tube in it,,

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Reply #8 - 07/19/13 at 07:58:16

20 plus years ago my local bike shop sold an item called tire sealer and blancer (green snot looking). I though "What a neat way to blance my tire" so I got some. Have never had a flat tire with slime in it.

I was out bushoging some bodock trees (thorns, osayorange) and had a flat tire on the front. Well Co-op put a new tube in couse they quit counting hole in the old one at 14 holes. So after bushoging the rest of the afternoon , the next morning both front tires were flat. So .... I put about a quart of slime in each tire aired them up and that was the end of flat tractor tires , I sold the tractor 3 years later with those same tires on it.

I've put Slime in my bike tires for long as I remember. It blances them and I doin't fret the flat thing.

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