Tufo Sealant with Valve Tool

I had a tire puncture and purchased the Tufo Sealant with Valve Tool to repair it. All I had to do was remove the valve core on my Tufo tire, pour in some sealant, replace the valve core, and pump up the tire. It's so simple to do and the repair is holding up fine. It saves time and money. I highly recommend this product.

This stuff really works! I have resurrected at least a dozen tubulars that were waiting for, I dunno.. needle and thread treatment. One was a Veloflex $120 tire that had 4 miles on it before a staple put a hole in it. A few squirts of this stuff and PRESTO!! Tires hold air, and generally run until I see the threads! I now put some in all my new tubies before installing, as a preventative. All lovers of tubulars need this product IMO, ride worry-free. One cautionary word this will gunk up the valve.. clean the stem hole carefully with a Q-tip, and put in an old valve to inflate.. then when some sealant comes out, clean again, and use your real valve..

My wife and I went out for a short 10 mile ride. About 7 miles up the road her tire went flat from all the rough roads. So I got out the Tufo sealant and the CO2 pump. I followed directions and put about half of the sealant into the flat tire and put some air into the tire. Then I spun the tire around, immediately the sealant started running out due to the rotten tire. So it looked like there was no way that the tire would get us back home and she was going to have to walk. I let it set a little while longer and then added air again. Much to my amazement the tire held air and the sealant stopped oozing out from all the cracks in the tire. With about 40 pounds of air in the tire we were able to make it back home, about 4 miles. By the time we got home the tire was going flat again but it did get us home. Sure saved us a lot of walking. Today I am going to put in an order for 3 more so that I will have some ready just in case I have any more flats. Highly recommended.

I have been using Tufo sealant for about a year. In my experience, it reliably seals small punctures in tubular road bike tires as advertised. I prefer it to pressurized latex sealants because each container of Tufo sealant treats up to three road tires, is less expensive than pressurized sealants, and works better. I never leave home without it when riding tubular tires. It has never failed to get me home. Last season, I rode one tubular tire over 1500 miles with no problems after sealing it with this product.

I have tubeless tires in my race bike - as I've lost races because of a flat. On my rain bike, I go through enough tires that it's just not cost effective (not to mention expensive to buy rims) to go with a tubeless design. As weight isn't a huge issue on my rain bike, I decided to try this out.

Other than messy, it's easy to use and I haven't had a flat yet. Does that mean it protected my tube? I don't know. I will learn whether it's effective or not when I wear out the current tires on my bike. If there is flat sealant on my tire, or showing through the tube, I'll know it worked. Conversely, if I get a flat I'll have to come up with another solution.