THE ONLY TYRE SEALANT DYLAN JOHNSON WILL USE | RDMN CLIPS

1.Race-day sealant and flat strategy

What do you run on the Insiders are you going with sealant so you're going with inserts what's your your game day set up yeah I run the silke tire sealant um to be honest I think that it it's probably the most puncture resistant sealant on the on the market um there's there's trade-offs with that though it does dry out quickly but for a race day sealant it works amazing um and then I do do uh Victoria Tire inserts so when you're running low pressure which you should run low pressure because low pressure is not only more comfortable it's faster uh but when you run that low pressure you do run the risk of hitting the rim and potentially getting a puncture pressure calculator up on our website yeah that it's it's amazing how well that thing works uh I you know I'll test different pressures as well and I'll start with what silke tells me to run and then I'll drop it a few PSI and I'll put it I'll raise it a few PSI and usually usually the silica tire pressure calculator is pretty close um what's your strategy if you do flatten a race what are you bringing with you uh I got a dynaplug and a CO2 uh I'm gonna be honest I rarely bring a tube with me because usually in a gravel race if you have to put a tube in you're gonna get another flat and your race is kind of over um I don't recommend that for people I think people should bring it to but I I usually don't have you tried this bam product I have not I've not heard about this I've been playing around it's pretty cool it's a sealant on a CO2 all-in-one canister so it's just literally I've strapped the bike the gravel bike I'm not sure if it's application on a race day because I guess you're gonna have fresh sealant in anyway so if you get a slice it's kind of like fix a flat on a car right yeah exactly yeah but like out train them where I'm typically running Wheels to maybe sail it's a little bit drier than it should be and I get a flat on the ceiling doesn't catch you you just hit this and it's like Fresh coat sealant and the CO2 all in one go and it's like boom if that doesn't get you home it's like taxi I'll have to check that out yeah I've only started like two three months ago and it's it's pulled me out of a it just saves your day because like you know when you're yeah it's great having a tube which and stuff but uh it's [ __ ] sealant everywhere all over your hands all over your clothes yeah trying to pop that thing back on the rim it's like oh your day is ruined you know speaking of uh speaking of muck off I don't know if you caught the series that I did with Adam Karen of uh zero friction cycling no I'm saying I'll check it out the Australian guy yeah it's pretty interesting I mean he's just talking about drivetrain efficiency he's talking about he tests different lubricants and all of that um but he talks about muck off as one of these brands that their marketing claims don't line up with his test results um and Mr ludicrously over you talking about the story yeah one proportion Ghana used for the world's error record so he what he does is um he tests for longevity um and he puts the lubricant on the chain and then he sees how long it takes the chain to wear because if the chain is wearing quickly that means there's a lot of friction in the drivetrain um so not only does a fast lubricant make save you Watts but it also increases the lifespan of your drivetrain but whenever he tests the muck off products there's they don't like the drivetrain does not last long it wears quickly which means there has to be friction in the system so he's very skeptical of muckoff's um marketing claims so was there not publishing their data or they're not shown how I've never dug into it too deep I you should have him on the podcast I'm so I you know I don't know if off the top of my head here but you he would be a great guest to have on the podcast because he can go on and on about this nerdy drivetrain efficiency stuff forever um hope hopefully the listeners are into that but yeah and it does make such a difference like just four podcasts out there like any time I listen to Josh from silica it seems like he has endless conversations about chain Loops versus waxes and it's like crazy how many hours can you talk unfortunately I know yeah so so Josh has had Adam on the podcast and if if you go and listen to on the marginal gains podcast if you go and listen to those episodes it is amazing how long they can talk about chain loop I mean yeah hours like I suppose we better touch on it since we're on the subject is there a do you have a go-to chain I've been rocking the ceramic speed UFO one yeah how many what's am I giving away there no you're not you're probably not giving away any wads that's a great one um that one and then also uh I've used I use silka's um silka's wax chain as well uh I try I've got a Shimano drivetrain on my gravel and road bikes so the Shimano duress chain is very fast but I've got a SRAM drive train on my mountain bike and instead of running a SRAM chain which is notoriously slow I'll run a KMC usually what's the deal with Shram like the dogs on the street now I'll try and make the slowest chains in the world surely they're ahead of product is aware of this yeah I don't I I don't know what the deal is I don't know why they can't figure that out and and what's baffling too is that uh this the higher end SRAM chains the SRAM red chains seem to be slower than the SRAM Force chains so if you have a SRAM drivetrain and you need you need to run that SRAM chain go with the force chain don't go with the red chain if you enjoyed this little clip from the podcast you can check out full episodes of the podcast on any podcast platform Apple Spotify or whoever you get your podcasts also you can click up here for another video that I know you're going to love and don't forget to subscribe to the channel see you next day