Jay, Don't discount the advice given about lowering your tire pressure. I too hate flats; especially on cold dark mornings commuting to work. I log all my miles and was really disappointed when I had 5 flats in the first 2,000 miles on my Supremes. By coincidence, I decided to lower my tire pressures to increase comfort. I went from 80 psi front and rear, to 50 front and 60 rear, and let those pressures deflate throughout the next week to 10 days. What's amazing is I haven't had a flat since. The same basic routes. That calculates to over 5,200 flat free miles! Yes, I have 7,200+ miles on these Supremes.
I would certainly try lowering pressures before adding Slime tubes to an already too heavy tire. Just my opinion and real life experience. Take it for what it's worth, Matt P.S. I've probably jinxed myself now :<( On Monday, May 5, 2014 5:48:12 AM UTC-7, Jay in Tel Aviv wrote: > > Thanks for all the advice, guys. > The streets here aren't all that bad, I just have an extremely low > tolerance for flats when I'm trying to get to work (or worse, home). > Road debris is an issue, like anywhere there are cars. > > I think I'll stick with the Supremes and Slime tubes, and maybe try the > Slime lites when my current stock runs out. > > I lost a tire a couple years ago to a sealant called "Joes". Like Stans, > you inject it in the tube. It didn't really work and gunked up the inside > of my tire so much that I had to replace it. > > Jay > > On Monday, May 5, 2014 2:52:01 PM UTC+3, Steve Palincsar wrote: >> >> On 05/05/2014 07:30 AM, Ron Mc wrote: >> > I think David is onto something. I wouldn't commute on wire and glass >> > with the Compass tires, no matter what you put in them. It would be a >> > nice ride, but a short one. Time to go tough. >> >> And maybe to find a different route, too... >> >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
