I'm about to change my tires and bought 3 bottles of the RideOn. I'm still a little nervous about using it. I've read the a lot of posts with good reviews. Wondering if anyone has had a bad experience with it. How well does it work after it's been in the tire for a year or longer?

 

ive used it for about 4 years now. ive had 1 flat, after running over a good sized bolt on hwy 50 in Nevada.

rode over 40 miles after running over the bolt before i knew it and tire eventually went flat, best i can estimate

good stuff in my opinion. does not prevent flats but will hold up if you pick up road debris

 

My experience with Ride On is not a good one.
I purchased enough ride on to do both the front and back tires on my EG. I had that crap in my tires for 3 months and was never happy with the so called balancing it provided (yes I removed the stick on weights).
What really put me over the edge with ride on is when my wife and I were on a day trip and had a flat on the rear. We picked up a roofing nail (little) almost dead center in the tread.
Now for the best part. While standing at the side of the road waiting on a ride. I noticed that my wife had that crap all over her back side and in her hair. She was NOT happy. Kind of turns to glue when combined with hair. Needless to say, I removed both wheels, drove to the tire shop and had them remove what was left of the ride on sealant, fix the nail hole, and balance the wheels the way they should have been in the first place.

 

I used the correct dose in my tires for balance without weights. front end would go thru fits of bar shaking. oddly, I had never read a bad review.

 

Using the dyna beads, or balancing beads or whatever they are called has worked outstanding for me. No weights and the beads just roll around in the tire and do a great job and no mess.

 

Sounds like you got some old outdated stuff. There is a shelf life for it, I forget how long it is. It won't balance a wheel that is bad out of balance either.

 

Been using it since 2009 - no weights and no problems had a nail in the rear and pulled it out and the tire sealed - made it home and replaced the tire - I started using it after waiting for a tow(about 6hours) with a flat in no mans land - no issues at all - its works.

 

i've used ride-on for years with no problems . i think it's great stuff and will never run weights again. the problem with the beads is after you've added air several times andget some moisture in there the beads tend to clump together.

 

How does it seal when there is a puncture?
If it seals when exposed to air then why does it not harden when inside the tire that is full of outside air?
It would seem like it would never really seal but instead slow the release of air by pushing goo towards puncture.
Anybody left a sample out in a cup to dry?

 

I have been using it for years and got a ton of people to use it along with local shops starting to stock it. It's an awesome product none of us had ever had a problem when used for balancing the wheels.

For the leak / puncture department my experience is that it's pretty good but depends on size of hole. For larger holes it won't seal 100 percent but it will enable you to a local repair center or dealer. For smaller holes it will be fine as my friend got a nail in his front tire. He rode for our entire trip and finally realized it when we returned home and was cleaning the bike.