Northwest Recreation

As part two of the series on Tire Slime, there are available tubes with slime already in them.  These are the brand named Tire Slime that you find sold at bike stores, etc.  Out of all the pre-slimed tires, these are said to work the best and perform the most decent when punctured.

Although generic ones are available, most suggest that you stick with the brand name–and I agree.  A while back, I went biking with some buddies, only to have one friend find out that goat heads would pierce through even a thorn guard if caught the wrong way.  Had his tires been slimed like my other friends’ tires were, he wouldn’t have had a problem.  Bottom line, stick with the real slime if at all possible and use them to guard against small punctures.  If you get a larger puncture, you’re going to have to face it!  A patch is in order!