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Comments about Slime Self Healing Presta Tube - 700 x 28-35:
Where I live during late summer/fall the bike trails are littered with these spikey plant things. So every fall I spend a bunch of time fixing flat tires. This year my kindergartner wants to ride her bike to school. That would be great except three times last week one or both of us got a flat tire. On Sunday, my first bike ride since getting my bike out of the shop (had a tune up) I got a flat tire two miles into the ride. So I purchased the slime product today and at midnight this evening I fixed my flat. So far so good. Only my tire needed more air so I tried to unscrew the Presta Valve, and the whole valve fell apart and slime squirted all over the place. So now, once again I either have to fix my tire (since the slime inner tube lasted all of 5 minutes) or take it back to the bike shop so that my little girl can enjoy her bike ride....a complete waste of [$] and twenty minutes of my time.
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Comments about Slime Self Healing Presta Tube - 700 x 28-35:
These guys are obviously using Slime tubes with skinny race tires. I commute everyday with Slime and Panaracer T-Serv my last tubes lasted 4200 miles(2 yrs). Combine with Kevlar tires and you have a dependable commuter set up that will get you where you need to go 99% of the time. The only con I have is that the valves corrode sealed over time because you never have to change them. Lycra roadies need to stick to your liteweight tubes and pizza cutters, and just keep on changing flats. Hey it happens, deal with it.
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Comments about Slime Self Healing Presta Tube - 700 x 28-35:
When you fill a presta tube with air, you normally have to pop the valve head after you un-screw it. When there is slime in the tube, some of the slime comes out and clogs the valve. After 2-3 fills, the valve is all clogged up and filling becomes a big problem.
Schrader valves are fine, but forget slime with with Presta valves.
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Comments about Slime Self Healing Presta Tube - 700 x 28-35:
I bought these tubes and they split at the seam, failed to heal, and then the stem failed and snapped in two. I've yet to find a tube that doesn't suck, but these tubes suck far beyond reason.
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Comments about Slime Self Healing Presta Tube - 700 x 28-35:
I have purchased three of these tubes and notice no difference between this and regular tubes, both puncture and don't seal. I have switched back to regular tubes and added tube bands. [...]
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Comments about Slime Self Healing Presta Tube - 700 x 28-35:
This will cut down on the number of possible tube punctures, but will not seal all puncture one might get. It has cut down by half the number of times I've had to patch a tube. Regular tube patches will work on this tube, but you have to be sure to clean the green slime off before attempting to patch a hole.
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