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Is it any good, or just take spare tube and levers.??
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It's better than not. Bit heavy but does stop punctures yes

Tubeless is better by lots. But takes more setting up.
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My bike has those silly skinny valves. How do I get slime or puncture repair stuff in there ?
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Better going tubeless TBH...
Cheapest is to carry a spare tube , levers and a pump
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My lad had a puncture yesterday, only 3 mile from home so rung mrs recovery. Since, ordered 4 x tubes from halfords, £10. but fancy trying this slimey stuff.

Our puncture kit has those horrible thick patches with red edges, fvckin useless, don't form to tube. When I was a kid, they had them kits with simple, pliable patches which stuck properly, different sizes. Think they just want us to buy new tubes, bastards.

Anyway, all set for a ride tomorrow before the street embarrassment party starts. 🙄
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They're removable. It's called a valve core, remote then use a syringe to inject Stan's Fluid

But slime is pre injected and you fit new tube
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Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:42 pm My lad had a puncture yesterday, only 3 mile from home so rung mrs recovery. Since, ordered 4 x tubes from halfords, £10. but fancy trying this slimey stuff.

Our puncture kit has those horrible thick patches with red edges, fvckin useless, don't form to tube. When I was a kid, they had them kits with simple, pliable patches which stuck properly, different sizes. Think they just want us to buy new tubes, bastards.

Anyway, all set for a ride tomorrow before the street embarrassment party starts. 🙄
Chain reaction cycles. Self adhesive patches. £3
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Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:40 pm My bike has those silly skinny valves. How do I get slime or puncture repair stuff in there ?
The 4 tubes from halfords are those shit ones with little screw end thing, wtf. What wrong with the car sort. I've got a cordless pump and works great, but no good on them shit ones. Why, why, why.
Bikes came with good valves.
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Don't think you can get slime in them. Carnt remove valve.
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Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:47 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:40 pm My bike has those silly skinny valves. How do I get slime or puncture repair stuff in there ?
The 4 tubes from halfords are those shit ones with little screw end thing, wtf. What wrong with the car sort. I've got a cordless pump and works great, but no good on them shit ones. Why, why, why.
Bikes came with good valves.
The shit ones as you call them have been here for 20+ years, no one uses car type, ever ever ever ever
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Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:48 pm Don't think you can get slime in them. Carnt remove valve.
Can I drill the rims to make the hole bigger to get an inner tube with a proper valve ?
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weeksy wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:49 pm
Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:47 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:40 pm My bike has those silly skinny valves. How do I get slime or puncture repair stuff in there ?
The 4 tubes from halfords are those shit ones with little screw end thing, wtf. What wrong with the car sort. I've got a cordless pump and works great, but no good on them shit ones. Why, why, why.
Bikes came with good valves.
The shit ones as you call them have been here for 20+ years, no one uses car type, ever ever ever ever
I'm confused. You can't put slime in. And you can't use one of them squirty air canisters for a puncture. There must be an advantage, but can't see it.
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weeksy wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:43 pm They're removable. It's called a valve core, remote then use a syringe to inject Stan's Fluid

I got 2 spare wheel with mine. The valved did not come out LOL. Had the bugger in a vice and mole grips :mrgreen:
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Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:52 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:49 pm
Dodgy knees wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:47 pm

The 4 tubes from halfords are those shit ones with little screw end thing, wtf. What wrong with the car sort. I've got a cordless pump and works great, but no good on them shit ones. Why, why, why.
Bikes came with good valves.
The shit ones as you call them have been here for 20+ years, no one uses car type, ever ever ever ever
I'm confused. You can't put slime in. And you can't use one of them squirty air canisters for a puncture. There must be an advantage, but can't see it.
I'm lost now. In what?
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I've found some disadvantages if that's any good. 🙂
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weeksy wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:58 pm
Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:52 pm
weeksy wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 7:49 pm

The shit ones as you call them have been here for 20+ years, no one uses car type, ever ever ever ever
I'm confused. You can't put slime in. And you can't use one of them squirty air canisters for a puncture. There must be an advantage, but can't see it.
I'm lost now. In what?
Sorry. Can't see the point in them skinny new valves. Dunno the name.

You can't put slime in. And you can't use one of them squirty air canisters for a puncture. There must be an advantage, but can't see it.

I've got a 12v compressor and can't use that :(

I'm genuinely interested.
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presta to Schrader adaptors are 2 for £1 with free postage on ebay.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-Brass-Ad ... SwbRFeqYi4

I converted my current tyres to tubless and tbh, I don't get the enthusiasm that many others do. I don't get punctures with or without tubes and I can't feel any difference in riding. I still carry tube, levers and a pump which I've only ever used to fix other peoples punctures.

I do seem to have to top up the tyre pressures more often with the tubless
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Taff wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 9:29 pm presta to Schrader adaptors are 2 for £1 with free postage on ebay.
I still have no idea why the skinny ones are better ????
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Yorick wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 10:01 pm
Taff wrote: Thu May 07, 2020 9:29 pm presta to Schrader adaptors are 2 for £1 with free postage on ebay.
I still have no idea why the skinny ones are better ????
I have no idea, but yes you could put slime in. But we stopped doing that a decade ago and now no one uses tubes, at all, ever.

I'll try and find out why though.

You can get a converter for compressor