I won't use em'. A couple others like a front knob they make.> Thanks for the input on tires. Got a couple more questions. What are the > opinions of Cheng Shin tires?
Yes> The correct tire size is 5.10-17 for the rear, and 3.00-21 for the front, > isn't it? Or 90/90-21 for the front and 130/80-17 for the rear?
I prefer it. G'luck Slide> Is it safe > and functional to go to a 3.25-21 tire on the front, get a little bigger > footprint on the front?
The slime is really high viscosity, and pretty sticky, so it pretty much coats all the interior surface of the tire in a film. It doesn't flow very well after that, and does react to air and dry a little on the surface between the inside tube air and the slime film, while the slime surface in contact with the inside of the tube remains liquid. I have had it save my rear tire from a nasty nail puncture, and I never bothered to patch the tube and it doesn't leak air. I've never had a problem with it being out of balance, even after my bike sat for the months of December and January. I'm sold on it. Granted there are going to be punctures that slime can't seal, and the slime mess will make patching the tube difficult. Those cases I'd just recommend using a replacement tube. Jeff> Hey all- > Could someone explain this? I was under the impression that slime > remained liquid-like inside your tube so that should you get a puncture, > it will flow out and seal it. But if it is liquid, then won't it settle > to the bottom of your tube as soon as you let the bike sit for extended > periods? And wouldn't that cause some amount of vibration from basically > having a 6 oz wheel weight next time you go riding? Anyone have any > experience with this? > I used to be extremely skilled at riding over nails, torns, screws, > etc. when I mountain biked... In fact I think that was the only part of > biking that I was really good at... But I digress, after chewing through > 3 patch kits and two tubes in 3 months of riding I decided that I needed > to do something about it (you've never seen anyone so fast with a > quikstik). So I purchased liners for my tires. I forget what they were > called... Tuff-somethings, I think... but in effect they were thick, > slightly pliable plastic strips that I placed inside of the tire between > the tube and the tire. Well they lowered the frequency of my flats, but > I had to be much more careful when I was running lower tire pressures as > the strips would case snake bites. Do they make these things for > motorcycles, or would they create too much frictional heat in the tire? >
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