Ok, here's where I stand in goathead country. Before reading Mr. Patrick Moore's last two posts to this thread, my exasperation pushed me to order Marathon Plus Tour 700x40 for the Hilsen. Even at the recommended minimum pressure, these 940g behemoths felt incredibly harsh and sluggish on chip seal. Mind you, I went to Compass on all my bikes but the Hunqa a few years ago, and loved them, but they seem fragile for a fat guy like me. Anyway, the ride was awful so I took Patricks advice and ordered Snoqualmie Pass, standard casing, and went with sealant in the tubes. The tires came Friday, I mounted them Saturday and was sooooo happy to have the sublime Compass ride again. Sunday I went for a longer, mixed terrain ride and, of course, flatted on the front, on the chip seal road. But with sealant I hoped to just add air and the hole would plug. Wrong. There was sealant everywhere and when I pulled the tube, it was just a single pin hole, but it didn't plug and hold air. I put a new tube in and off I went. I haven't had a chance to look at the flatted tube closer, but I will. The tube was a Kenda (heavier than the Schwalbe SV) for the 44mm Snoqualmie, and I used 4 oz. of Orange Seal, per the instructions on the bottle. Not sure why it didn't work, but now I'm nervous, having converted both the Hunqa (tubed Thunder Burts)and AHH to sealant-tubed rides. Any thoughts as to why the pinhole didn't seal? Am I doomed to a choice of heavy, sluggish tires or constant flats?
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