carlos
06-19-2001, 12:42 AM
ok, i almost forgot to post this so here goes...
i'm in the shop eating and Shop Guy 1(name withheld to protect the........) was busy installing a computer, water bottle cage, and filling the tubes in both tires with Slime.
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ok, a sidebar if you will. i hate Slime. some people like it and that's ok. it works for them and it keeps them rolling. fine. personally, i hate it. it can't tell the difference between a hole from a thorn and the valve hole so sometimes you have to engage in the tedious task of removing the core of the stem and sticking something pointy in there to clean out the green goo. if ya pinch and the tube rips open the slime ends up inside the tire casing and in some cases leaks out onto the rim's sidewall and......... oh, and then there's the rotational weight.
ok, so i'm not saying it sucks but its just not for me. some shop guys hate it too cause they sometimes have to clean up a tire who's tube ripped and the smelly goo is everywhere. sure, we're getting paid to do this sort of thing but hey, buddy, if you're not gonna clean it up, learn to do it yourself or get liners! cheaper by a few light years, easier to install, and if installed properly will stick to the tire casing as opposed to the tube so all you ever have to do is yank the tube out rather than having to re-line the tire everytime you do get a flat. which, by the way, can still happen, the liner will sometimes move around in there.
also, i should mention that if you do run slime, i hold nothing against your judgment......sucka!
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ANYWAY, so SG finishes the computer and the water bottle installation. he removes the core from the valves after deflating each tube and starts squirting the Slime. at this point, i'm not really paying much attention to SG1 as NPR is broadcasting a special series on California's PUC and it's roll in the "energy crisis"......they break for weather.
i decide to go across the hall where the bikes are built to get some zip ties.....i ran out. as i step into the bike building area i hear a loud explosion. i keep on walking as its a sound i'm used to hearing; ya mix air compressors and rubber, whatd'ya get? i chat with SG 2 and i hear SG 3 laughing his head off and pointing into the repair area. after a few seconds it hits me, the SLIME! i walk back over to the repair area with SG3 and we find that the rear tire blew off the rim and the tube with the 8 oz. of Slime did too! it was all over the floor and the bike. the Slime even made it to another bike that was waiting to have a new rear arm put on AND to some of the tools that hang over the bench. luckily i was done with lunch 'cause if i had still been sitting there, i'd have been slimed. there was a Show Team guy in there when it happened and he just about had a heart attack. he had no idea what had just happened behind his back. BOOM!
SG1 cleans up and i eventually slap on the new rear arm of the other bike that got slimed. i figure i'll wait until i'm done to clean the bike since most of the slime fell on the frame and because all that's left is to mount the brake, only to find out that the rear hub is set up for a 4 bolt disk rotor and the rotor that was sent is a 6 bolt. time for another break.
i'm in the shop eating and Shop Guy 1(name withheld to protect the........) was busy installing a computer, water bottle cage, and filling the tubes in both tires with Slime.
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ok, a sidebar if you will. i hate Slime. some people like it and that's ok. it works for them and it keeps them rolling. fine. personally, i hate it. it can't tell the difference between a hole from a thorn and the valve hole so sometimes you have to engage in the tedious task of removing the core of the stem and sticking something pointy in there to clean out the green goo. if ya pinch and the tube rips open the slime ends up inside the tire casing and in some cases leaks out onto the rim's sidewall and......... oh, and then there's the rotational weight.
ok, so i'm not saying it sucks but its just not for me. some shop guys hate it too cause they sometimes have to clean up a tire who's tube ripped and the smelly goo is everywhere. sure, we're getting paid to do this sort of thing but hey, buddy, if you're not gonna clean it up, learn to do it yourself or get liners! cheaper by a few light years, easier to install, and if installed properly will stick to the tire casing as opposed to the tube so all you ever have to do is yank the tube out rather than having to re-line the tire everytime you do get a flat. which, by the way, can still happen, the liner will sometimes move around in there.
also, i should mention that if you do run slime, i hold nothing against your judgment......sucka!
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ANYWAY, so SG finishes the computer and the water bottle installation. he removes the core from the valves after deflating each tube and starts squirting the Slime. at this point, i'm not really paying much attention to SG1 as NPR is broadcasting a special series on California's PUC and it's roll in the "energy crisis"......they break for weather.
i decide to go across the hall where the bikes are built to get some zip ties.....i ran out. as i step into the bike building area i hear a loud explosion. i keep on walking as its a sound i'm used to hearing; ya mix air compressors and rubber, whatd'ya get? i chat with SG 2 and i hear SG 3 laughing his head off and pointing into the repair area. after a few seconds it hits me, the SLIME! i walk back over to the repair area with SG3 and we find that the rear tire blew off the rim and the tube with the 8 oz. of Slime did too! it was all over the floor and the bike. the Slime even made it to another bike that was waiting to have a new rear arm put on AND to some of the tools that hang over the bench. luckily i was done with lunch 'cause if i had still been sitting there, i'd have been slimed. there was a Show Team guy in there when it happened and he just about had a heart attack. he had no idea what had just happened behind his back. BOOM!
SG1 cleans up and i eventually slap on the new rear arm of the other bike that got slimed. i figure i'll wait until i'm done to clean the bike since most of the slime fell on the frame and because all that's left is to mount the brake, only to find out that the rear hub is set up for a 4 bolt disk rotor and the rotor that was sent is a 6 bolt. time for another break.