Ride On Tire Sealant

[chief120865]

Anyone have experience using this product? pros and cons? I have used it on wheelabrows and bicycles but never on my bike. Headed out in a month on a 8 day 4400 mile trip and just wondering if this might be some good cheap insurance in the event of a puncture to at least get me to the next stop to change the tire.

[Ricky-D]

There have been negative comments in the past regarding that and other sealants of the ilk.

Best action is to carry a small kit to repair a puncture. It doesn't need to be large.

Before I started to carry a kit in my bag I never worried about the problem, as I knew there would always be a WalMart within a few miles,  to go get what I needed to repair the tire.  Six bucks for the kit, couple bucks for a pliers to remove the nail (or whatever) and ten or so dollars for a air pump.

I've done that with my car and the only disadvantage was the time element of having to do it all.

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[RLD]

Ride-on seems like a quality product, not like the slime you use for wheelbarrows and bicycles. I've used it in a couple of tire changes with no problems at all. Plus, it rides really smooth.

[Jess from VA]

I have read a lot of very good things about Ride-on, in bikes cars and trucks.  Nothing like Slime and all the other other corrosive sealers that go to work on the aluminum wheels and are a mess at tire changes.  And it continues to act as a tire balancer during the life of a tire.  I think using it is a very good idea and esp for a long trip.  Bike shops do not hate Ride-on for the mess at tire changes like they do Slime/others. 

[thewoodman]

I've got two bottles of the stuff in my rear tire. Got a sheet metal screw in the new rear last year at Biketoberfest and plugged it with the tire kit I carry. All was fine until a few months later when I picked up an electrice wire staple on the way home to lunch, which went in kinda sideways and was hard to correctly clean the wound. It leaked slowly, loosing 1-3 pounds a week, so I ordered a 3 pack of the Ride On stuff and put in 1 bottle. Then in early February, we were on a weekend ride-about and I picked up another sharp object. After making to a gas station, plugging the tire a third time, I  installed a second bottle and things have been fine ever since. We rode from central FL to TN and back last April as well as other long weekend trips with no problems. I'll probably put 2 more bottles in the new tire when I change out next time. Put the 3rd bottle in my wifes' Fat Boy for insurance. Seems like a good product thta does what it says it'll do.

[greggh]

I was unsure the first time I tried it but was completly satisfied with the results.

Got a nial in my rear tire last May it only had 300 miles on it, I was not about to scrap the tire for a meer nail hole.
I have tried plugs in the past, but when the plug came out a 70 mph during rush hour I decided to try Ride On.

Put Ride On in after I found the nail, Now 1 year 3 months later the tire has lost about 4 pounds of air.

Good quality stuff.

Definitly worth the investment.

[Jay]

Ok, how about filling the whole tire with ride-on?  Just kidding.

[Oss]

tried the following test on rear tire
ran a metzler 6500 miles without it, then the tire was just cupping
ran a metzler with it over 12k and it was just to wear bars before inzane when i changed it
ran a metzler 6500 miles without it also cupping

always ran 44 solo and 46 when with the wife or pulling the trailer

My conclusion it ran the tire cooler, and made it last longer without the cupping and ridges that metz' get

Have not, as far as  I can tell had a puncture yet but it is real cheap insurance

I do carry a plug kit just in case but I recommend the product

Its been in both my cobra's since I mounted em.  

If you want to use it in your car tire get the car tire formula which is different than the motorcycle formula accordin to their engineers I spoke to

We get a 10% discount  call em and say either vrcc or voai and they will give you the code for using on the internet site

[RLD]

"ridingworkshop" code will also get 10% discount

[Farther]

I'm looking to get some of this stuff when it warms up enough to put it in.  Any recommendation on dealers or a link to an internet site?

[John U.]

Ride-On is working for me. I too picked up a nail in a rear Venom at about 500 miles.
I used a mushroom plug and a bottle and 1/2 of Ride-On. The tire has about 10,000 miles on it; I just looked at it yesterday, figuring i need to buy a new tire soon, it still looks great and doesn't lose pressure any faster than normal.

[2qmedic]

Hmmm, every one has mentioned about how it works , but when you change the tire, is this stuff easy to clean off the rim or ???

[greggh]

I had a shop replace my rear tire in Minnesota last year and the Mechanic asked what I had put in the tire, I told him ride on and he said he would never use anything of the sort in his tires.
But he did make mention that the rim cleaned up easier than he had thought it would.

Hope this answeres your question.

[NITRO]

In the installation instruction the site, it says not to rebalance the tire after installing because it will cause errors in the balance. It goes on to say that Ride-On is self-balancing. Does this mean you could use it in place of wheel weights?

[X Ring]

Same idea behind dyna beads.

Marty

[thewoodman]

I changed my rear tire (the one that had the Ride-On in it) recently and the wheel was slimey inside as I expected but the goo rinsed off the wheel pretty easily. Other than washing the rim with more vigor than I usually do on a tire change, nothing was different in my tire change routine. Rubber gloves are a good idea, but it didn't degrade the rim at all and saved a fairly new tire from getting scrapped.

[Duct Tape]

I have no doubt that Ride-on has extended mileage for my tires.   Whether this be by cooling or dynamic balancing I don't know.  I've been using it for over 2 years.  No corrosion issues.

Do NOT use Ride-on and Dyna beads.  I accidently did this in QOTFU's HD.  I didn't know the shop put in Dyna beads and I added Ride-on.  Didn't notice any issues for a few months, but when she started riding the Valk more and the HD starting sitting idle for a month at a time we started seeing the impact.  The Dyna beads settle to the low point and get stuck in all the Ride-on creating an imbalance.  At about 40-50 mph the handle bars are wobbling all over the place (if you let go of them).  Otherwise, you hardly notice it.  Get it warmed up good and push it 80 or 90 mph and it breaks up the clump of beads and most of the imbalance disappears.  But, really need to pull the tire and get those beads out of there.