Here's a tip...

[Odinist]

If you get a screw/nail in your tire that punctures the tube, fix-a-flat won't get you home; call a tow truck.

[Zooks]

Those 'repair-in-a-can' products will only work on tubeless tyres. They 'gum' up the hole and stop the air from coming out. In a tube there is too much flex and they cannot do the job they were designed to do.

They work well on 4x4 tyres (tubeless) when you are 500km from home and the spare is also flat.

[Odinist]

Yeah, I've always had pretty good luck with them on car tires, so Friday when I picked up a nail, I thought I'd give it a go on my bike.

No dice, lol.

[t3rmin]

One more reason to go tubeless, eh?

[Jagir]

so does one carry a pump for tubeless?

[Schweisshund]

Thanks for the tip :-D sorry you had to find out the hard way.

[t3rmin]

so does one carry a pump for tubeless?

Walmart has some co2 tire inflators that use BB-gun co2 cartridges. Carry that (and a few spares) and a patch kit and you'd be golden. Wouldn't take much space, either.

[Pillage]

Walmart has some co2 tire inflators that use BB-gun co2 cartridges. Carry that (and a few spares) and a patch kit and you'd be golden. Wouldn't take much space, either.

I never had much luck with the CO2 cartridges, so I carry a real small bicycle pump (that came with the bicycle I should ride once in a while ). The bicycle pump comes in handy it will add a five pounds of pressure in just a few minutes. It's amazing how awful some bikes handle when the tire pressure is off by just a few pounds.

[Greg O.]

I picked up a nail last fall, and there was no way I could have repaired that tire on the road or in the shop as it tore the tube pretty good. I had never had a tire go down while riding, but it felt like I was riding on a draw bridge grate.

Greg O

[maxpower_hd]

Just a note on fix a flat type products as well as the liquid balance stuff. They can cause damage to aluminum wheels after a while. I had to spend quite a while cleaning up the inside of an aluminum motorcycle wheel that was badly oxidized and pitted. The guy at the local shop told me he sees it a lot when these types of products are used. It may get you home but you may be better off calling a buddy with some ramps and a truck.