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Really? There are small cans of spray which you can have easily with you. Got a flat? Look where, pull it out. Spray the foam in. Turn the wheel for a minute, l

Really? There are small cans of spray which you can have easily with you. Got a flat? Look where, pull it out. Spray the foam in. Turn the wheel for a minute, look for overseen leaks, maybe, and pull stuff out of them. Turn wheel a few more times. Pump. Or use car-adapter for pump at gas station. Those stuff costs between 2 and 4€ for a can of sprayfoam, and maybe 50ct for a small adapter(sugar cube like, but cylindrical). Given the stuff Schwalbe and Continental are offering for normal bicycles, I don't get all the rage. Because a flat fixed like described above lasts about half a year, then the profile is too slick, and I change tire and tube. Works for me. Feels comfortable and fast. Is economic. YMMV.

8ytecoder 5y ago
You make it sound simple. It's not when I'm commuting. Even to use the sprayfoam sealers - I need to first identify the puncture and that's not always obvious. I've usually just changed the entire tube.
- LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
  It's my experience. In case of unidentified punctures the foam leaks out (of them), and then you can remove the splinter, or whatever by hand, maybe with a paper tissue, or tweezers from your swiss officers knife, some multitool. Dunno. I don't have that many flats. About 5 or 6 since 2005? Each one maybe a 10 to 15 minute break. edit: Thinking about it, one could even omit the spray can because in cities there's almost always a gas station near, which is stocking that stuff. So only the small adapter would be necessary, if your valves aren't like the ones for cars anyways. I didn't do that so far because I'm often bicycling out of the city, instead of into it.
djrogers 5y ago
The last flat I had involved a 3" split in the tube - ain't no slime/foam/spray can that's gonna fix that.
bserge 5y ago
I just used aramid fiber lining on the inside of my Vee Rubber tires (best stuff, fuck Conti and Schwalbe), haven't had a flat yet. Better than "puncture proof" shit from Conti. But it's probably just a matter of time before an exotically shaped piece of glass gets through :D

8ytecoder 5y ago

You make it sound simple. It's not when I'm commuting. Even to use the sprayfoam sealers - I need to first identify the puncture and that's not always obvious. I've usually just changed the entire tube.

LargoLasskhyfv 5y ago
It's my experience. In case of unidentified punctures the foam leaks out (of them), and then you can remove the splinter, or whatever by hand, maybe with a paper tissue, or tweezers from your swiss officers knife, some multitool. Dunno. I don't have that many flats. About 5 or 6 since 2005? Each one maybe a 10 to 15 minute break. edit: Thinking about it, one could even omit the spray can because in cities there's almost always a gas station near, which is stocking that stuff. So only the small adapter would be necessary, if your valves aren't like the ones for cars anyways. I didn't do that so far because I'm often bicycling out of the city, instead of into it.

djrogers 5y ago

The last flat I had involved a 3" split in the tube - ain't no slime/foam/spray can that's gonna fix that.

bserge 5y ago

I just used aramid fiber lining on the inside of my Vee Rubber tires (best stuff, fuck Conti and Schwalbe), haven't had a flat yet. Better than "puncture proof" shit from Conti. But it's probably just a matter of time before an exotically shaped piece of glass gets through :D