Deeping wrote:What colour was it? The blue or the green, I think the green is for the military but is better but costs more, some of the green got on to the market by mistake.
Lo Deeping, yep...I've got the Blue stuff! I know the military grade would have sealed it. You just want the air to stay in the tyre and get you to safety in the military. Long term doesn't matter. But then, on a civvie bike, that probably wouldn't be good as the tyre in this instance is badly damaged inside. The retail Ultraseal won't permenantly seal a tyre that is badly damaged. My tyre has streaks of blue oozing out in several places where the tyre is damaged. This is to tell you (or me in this instance) that the tyre is shot! At the workshop, the guys said I was lucky I had the Ultraseal in the tyre as it prevented a blowout/sudden deflation. In fact, pressure loss was not measurable. Interestingly, now the tyre is off the bike (I brought it home to study, yeah...I know I'm weird!), I've found no less than 2 other nails in the tyre. They are tiny, the heads worn off but both have penetrated and been sealed by the Ultraseal. Now considering I check my tyres each time before I go for a jolly or off to work, I'm staggered by this find. Admittedly, I don't go over the tyres with a magnifying glass each time but I do what I believe is an acceptable inspection. I can only think that because the nails are very narrow shanked the heads come off almost right away and the nail becomes invisible very quickly. Without the Ultraseal, I'd have experienced a slow puncture on those two nails alone!
Probably not ugly enough for the 'Ugly Bunch'!
Been riding for 55 years & owned too many bikes to list here...
