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I'd probably ask this question in the cycling forum. A segway tire probably has more in common with a bicycle tire than an automotive tire. Probably the most in common with a lawn mower tire..
I also don't know about using it as a preventative. The stuff is supposed to seal a leak.. Something just doesn't seem right to me putting it in a tire and expecting it to stay 'liquid' until you happen to develop a leak.. It's probably going to be a mess for the poor bastard who has to actually take your tire off the rim and replace it, too.
When tire sealant first came out, you used it to get yourself to town or to a filling station and then get it fixed. The sealant would stick up the works if left in too long. That was many many years ago and like everything else, they got better with it.
I've run a slime type sealant in my bike, 4 wheeler, wheel barrow, truck, tractors, farm equipment, for some 25 years or so. I've never had it gum up a valve, or fault a gauge, or eat up my tire, or make it so I can't take the tire off the rim. It has worked great and saved a lot of flat tires.
Most recently, I had my Ford F250 out in Washington State. I needed new tires, so stopped at a tire store and bought 4 new tires. I had one rear tire that had eight 16 penny nails in it. I had pulled a 35 ft 5th wheel out to washington with those nails in the tire.
I also don't know about using it as a preventative. The stuff is supposed to seal a leak.. Something just doesn't seem right to me putting it in a tire and expecting it to stay 'liquid' until you happen to develop a leak.. It's probably going to be a mess for the poor bastard who has to actually take your tire off the rim and replace it, too.
You're talking about fix-a-flat, as others have in this thread. Slime is different in that it actually is a preventative. It won't keep you from getting a puncture in your tire, but when it occurs it helps seal it to prevent or at least minimize leaking until you can repair the tire. Because it maintains its liquid state it won't plug the tire valve and therefore won't make it any more difficult to adjust tire pressure. I could see it being messy if someone put too much in a tire.
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