Slime Self-Sealing Bicycle Tube - 26" x 1.75" - 2.125"

Video Transcript for A Closer Look at the Slime Self-Sealing 26" x 1.75" - 2.125" Bicycle Tube

Hey, everyone, I'm Evangeline right here at etrailer. Today we have the Slime self-sealing replacement inner tube. This is gonna be a tube that you can use for when something happens to your bicycle tire and you need a replacement, like what happened to us today. This is available in a couple different sizes, so we'll go over making sure you get the right one for you, and then I'll show you how I get ours replaced. So what happened was we were inflating this tire and the old tube inside just wasn't working out. We definitely needed to replace it.

So what we did is we looked over on the tire to make sure that we got the right inner tube. What you can do is you can look for some numbers, and they are gonna be printed on your tire. In our case, it's 24 x 2.00, and you'll see a variant of that on yours. That first number there, 24, is very important. Whether you have 24, 26 or 29, we have the proper inner tubes for you.

The second number there after the x is gonna fit into a range. So that can adjust back and forth. Just follow the range written on our product page and make sure that your second number fits within it, and before we replace it, let's talk about why we picked this specific tube. So Slime, the company, fills their inner tubes ahead of time with their sealant, and that way, when you have small punctures, it will instantly reseal it, and those are gonna be small punctures of up to 1/8 inch. We also picked this one since it matches the valve of our old tube.

So this utilizes a Schrader valve, and it comes with its own valve cap. So a Schrader valve is gonna have that larger tube-like structure to it. If you have a smaller valve that looks a little different, chances are you have a Presta valve. So double check your valve type before getting a tube. To replace our tube, we're gonna start by going over the tire, making sure that there's nothing puncturing it.

If there was a nail in there, go ahead and take that out, or thorns, things like that. Now our tire is completely flat so we can now proceed with taking this off of the rim. Now, there is a tool that makes it a little bit easier to just pry off. We can also do it with your hands, carefully unseating everything. Make sure that everything, once it's completely off, you also have the valve stem off. So here's our old tube, and you can see that this is definitely beyond repair and that tube is shredded. So we're just gonna toss that to this side, and now we have our new one, and you could just fit this right in, but to make things a lot easier, we're gonna add a little bit of air to make sure it has a little bit of shape. Where it has just a little bit shape like that, looks like a good spot to inflate it. We're then going to attach this tube, and starting with that tube valve, we're gonna put that into the rim hole, and we also want to just be double sure that we are not pinching that tube as you proceed through the other steps like gently pushing the tube into the tire. The tube's inside the tire. The tire is on the rim. So now you need to make sure that the tire goes inside the rim. For some tires where it's really close together, you may need your tire lever or a tire iron, whatever you call it to like wedge that in here. In our case, that's not quite needed. Make sure that as you're lifting it into the rim that your tube is not pinched at any point and that everything is flush. Once everything looks good, then it's time to start inflating it. Now, I highly recommend that you just take this next process slowly because you wanna make sure that everything is on the bead correctly as you inflate. When you have an extremely flat tire, things can move around. So we're just gonna check every 15 psi that everything looks good till we're all the way inflated to the psi stated on your tire. Once everything is inflated, then that's gonna be it for your installation of your tube. Make sure to put back that cap. It is gonna be bright green just so that you know you now have a Slime self-sealing inner tube inside your bicycle tire. Now, in our situation, we destroyed the inner tube of our own bike, so this was definitely a lifesaver for our trike behind us. If you have any questions or maybe you have your own setup where you we inchesre in a sticky situation and you needed a self-sealing inner tube, please let us know what you think about yours right here at etrailer, but today, my name is Evangeline, and I hope you enjoyed this journey.