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Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack

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These heavy-duty tire liners are an effective barrier between the tube and nasty pointy objects such as thorns, nails, tacks or glass.

Lightweight and easy to use: simply lay tire liner against inside of tire, then install tube
Guaranteed to prevent puncture flats in the tread of the tire
Fits tires 26 x 1.5 - 2.125

Made in USA.

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Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack Customer Reviews

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Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack

2.3

(based on 12 reviews)

33%

of respondents would recommend this to a friend.

Pros

Cons

Heavy (3)

Best Uses

Mountain biking (4)

- Reviewer Profile:
- Avid cyclist (5), Casual/ recreational (3)
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Jun

2008

(9 of 9 customers found this review helpful)

5.0

A TIP on installing Slime liners

By iGottabike

from Phoenix

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Easy to install-see

Cons

Heavy

Best Uses

City Biking
Mountain Biking

Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

'Tis true these are a little weighty, but in the Arizona desert (think CACTUS!!) a liner is a must have! Whether I ride my mountain bike in the desert or we ride our Cannondale tandem on the street, these always go where we go - and have for years! I can't remember the last flat with these in place.

INSTALLATION TIP: When installing liners, place your tire on the rim as you usually do to fit the inner tube within the tire(one bead on rim/one off). Fit the tube into the tire. Pump a little air into the inner tube to expand it just until the tube begins touching the inside of the tire (it won't require much!). THEN, slide the liner between the tube (lightly inflated) and the tire. The pressure of the inflated tube will keep the liner held in place against the inside of the tire preventing liner from shifting resulting in tube chaffing or cutting (I have never had the liner shift or chaff when installing this way). Once the liner is in place, if you can't get the tire back on the rim you probably have a tad too much air in the tube - let a little out, pop the the tire over the rim and fill to recommended/desired pressure. Happy (bike) trails!

May

2008

(3 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

4.0

Best Money I Ever Spent On My Bike

By mgood

from Denver City, TX

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Pros

Well Built

Cons

Heavy

Best Uses

Mountain Biking

Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

It got to where I was having flats on the trail almost every time I went out. Made it difficult to enjoy the riding experience.

I did a little research. I found that the people who considered these things to be unnecessary excess weight usually lived in areas without many thorns. People who rode where there were lots of thorns and/or cactus thought of them as required equipment.
My problem was thorns, so I got them.

I've ridden a couple hundred miles on them and have had ONE flat. It was a vavlestem problem and NOT a tire puncture.
I consider them money well-spent.

Rolling weight has a big impact on starting and stopping, much more so than weight carried on the frame somewhere. (Ask a drag racer about wheel weight.) So if you don't need them, don't get them. But if you have a problem with frequent tire punctures, these could be the answer. They seem to have cleared up my biggest bike issue.

Mar

2008

(1 of 3 customers found this review helpful)

1.0

A problem causer

By Rarero

from Woodinville, Washington

About Me Weekend Warrior

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Pros

pretty color

Cons

Difficult to install
overlapped chafes tube

Best Uses

Mountain Biking

Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

The overlapped edges of the strip chafed the inner tube and caused both front and rear tires to flat

Sep

2011

1.0

Did not work

By 5in

from san jose,ca

About Me Casual/ Recreational

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Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

A local bike path is lined with goatheads. After getting a couple flats I bought these. Well,the first time out a thorn went right through the liner. These liners do not work.

Jul

2011

1.0

Damages the Tube!

By Sharada Prasad

from Berkeley, CA

About Me Bike Messenger

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Pros

Cons

Heavy

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Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

I was very excited to buy this product. I bought three of them thinking of my brothers in India who too would need these liners.The liner ended up damaging my tube and to some extent my tires. I took them out.[...]

Jun

2011

1.0

Cuts tubes

By angryjohnny

from Portland OR

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Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

After the 700c version sliced the tube on my wife's bike I took off the 26in. liner on my bike and found that the ends of the liner had started to cut into my thornproof tube. I have switched to a more pliable tire liner.

Nov

2010

1.0

Gave me a flat

By chas58

from Michigan

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Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

These liners gave me a flat.

Imagine my surprise to find a hole in my tube while riding with these, and the even greater shock to find the hole was caused by these liners. Like others have stated, the edge of the liner is stiff and hard - it will wear into your tube and cause you the flat it promises to protect you from.

Avoid this product.

Jul

2010

5.0

So far so good.

By TWillGOLF

from Asheville, N.C.

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

NO flats

Cons

Best Uses

Mountain Biking

Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

Ive had these for a few hundred miles (all offroad) and have yet to get a puncture of flat.

Jul

2010

1.0

This liner cut my tube.

By Edge

from Boise, ID

About Me Casual/ Recreational

Pros

Cons

Poorly Built

Best Uses

Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

I used these for one day before they cut my tube. The overlap on the end of the insert cut the exact shape of the liner in the tube. Upon closer inspection the the whole outline of the liner could be traced along the tube with small cuts in various locations.
On the positive side I didn't get any thorns while using these.

Apr

2010

1.0

May dissolve your tire inner casing

By abikerider

from Sacramento, CA

About Me Avid Cyclist

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Pros

Less flats from thorns

Cons

Chafes tube
Dissolves rubber

Best Uses

Comments about Slime 26 Inch Tire Liners - Twin Pack:

On my mountain bike with Specialized tires I noticed that the rubber on the inner casing of the tires seems to dissolve and then stick to the tire liner thus exposing the cords of the tire. I'm worried that this will cause chafing of the tube against these cords even after removing the tire liner. I don't know if this happens with other brand tires. I have also noticed chafe marks on the tubes where the edge of the tire liner is. This chafing seems to eventually cause slow leaks. The liners seem to decrease the number of flats from thorns but they do not stop thorns every time, especially goatheads which we get a lot of in Sacramento in the summer. I think I'll try the Stop Flats2 or Mr. Tuffy liners to see if they also dissolve the rubber.