I Found the Best & Worst Tubeless Sealants For MTB, Gravel & Road Bikes

I found the best and worst tubeless sealants by analysing puncture test data from all over the internet! Watch along to find out what's best for MTB, gravel and road bikes. 🌴

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🧡 Orange Seal Regular: Best For MTB/Gravel - Pressures Under 35 PSI

💙 Peaty's Holeshot Biofibre: Best For Road/Gravel - Pressures Over 35 PSI

💚 Stans Original: Best For MTB/Gravel - Pressures Under 35 PSI

💜 Stans Race Day: Best For Road, Gravel and MTB - All Pressures

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0:00 - Intro
0:42 - What Is Tubeless Sealant and How Does It Work?
1:48 - What Are The Best Tubeless Sealants?
2:31 - What Are The Worst Tubeless Sealants?
3:48 - How Do We Benchmark Sealant Performance?
4:52 - Why Does Sealant Usually Use Latex?
5:11 - How Long Does Sealant Last?
6:06 - What Temperature Range Does Sealant Work In?
6:24 - Can You Use Co2 Canisters With Tubeless Sealant?
7:01 - Can You Refresh Sealant Through The Valve?
7:25 - Can You Use Sealant With High-Pressure Tyres?
8:00 - Why Does Tubeless Sealant Seep Through Tyre Sidewalls?
8:38 - Which Products Were Puncture Tested To Find The Best Sealants?
8:53 - The Best Sealant For MTB and Gravel (Under 35 PSI)
10:53 - The Best Sealant For Road and Gravel (Over 35 PSI)
12:22 - The Best Sealant To Find In A Bike Shop (Under 35 PSI)
13:41 - The Best Sealant For All Tyre Pressures
15:14 - Summary

[Cyclingabout]

Consider using the links below for your new high-performing sealant! It’s no cost to you and a great way to support this channel 🛞

🧡 Orange Seal Regular: Best For MTB/Gravel - Pressures Under 35 PSI

💙 Peaty's Holeshot Biofibre: Best For Road/Gravel - Pressures Over 35 PSI

💚 Stans Original: Best For MTB/Gravel - Pressures Under 35 PSI

💜 Stans Race Day: Best For Road, Gravel and MTB - All Pressures

[gregknipe]

the biggest improvements in my old (but great for me) bikes have come from your recommendations. there is nothing better than renewing your old ride with new tech that is more comfortable, makes the miles pass with more pleasure, and extending my rides beyond my own life cycle. thank you. ride on!!

[rosvopaisti]

So nice to include the test results right in the beginning of the video and the description as well.

[bushflyr]

Fantastic testing! Thanks SO much for taking the time and effort to do this.

[cew_die_pie]

I'm a simple man. I see a new CyclingAbout video, I hit like.

[sixty]

The timing of this video is perfect, I just had a puncture on my gravel bike this morning that I used a plug on, but I think my negligence meant there wasn’t much sealant in the tire. I paused and went to let out all the CO2 as soon as you mentioned it haha

[Tntdruid]

Orange Seal Endurance done over 20k km this year, no flat tires 👍

[magharibo]

This knoll age is pure gold!
Thank you

Also the most complex commercial ever!

[andyarchitect]

Thanks for collating all these test results into one place.

[Zyzzyx]

Interesting finds on the Silca results. My personal anecdotal "data" is that it works great. Running it on a few bikes at 15-30psi and the only flat I've had was when I neglected it too long and let it go dry. But yeah, other than Silca, I've done great with OrangeSeal over the years.

One thing I've done for bikes that I may not ride very often is to use tubes with removeable valve cores and then put OrangeSeal in the tube. The sealant works great for the small punctures and bonus is that it lasts MUCH longer, perhaps up to and over one year. Downside is that if you have had several punctures, it can sometimes 'weld' the tube to the tire.

[danhoang]

I've been using Orange seal on non-tubeless road bike rims along with tubeless gravel tires for years with good results. I found the most supple tires most often allow too much seepages through sidewalls to the point that I went back to tubes for those tires. I have been following your channel for a long time and like all videos. Thanks,

[falconfalcon]

Great info; great Chanel; keep em coming ; thank you 😉

[tjeers]

As always I’ve learned.
Thank you❤
My big trip in 2007 started with sealant.
Though it didn’t do a good job back then. After installing Schwalbe marathon XR I had only a couple punctures in 24000km..

[jars]

I was just reading earlier today about tubeless tires and wondering if you will do a video about it. Couldn't be more perfect timing.

[catshoemike]

I think that although I have a gravel bike, I need to follow your MTB recommendations. I say that as I am running 42mm Rene-Herse at 26/25 PSI. As it happens I have always used Orange Standard and have never had a puncture (although I find plenty of thorns stuck through the tyres when I take them off). Great video, very informative, new subscriber

[Apollo]

OK, I had an idea, even before seeing what Orange Seal does, just from having heard you say that some tyres are, as I understood, "thirsty" (porous) and can "drink" the sealant, or its evaporating components, after a short time: Here it goes. I bet there is some lubricant, like petroleum jelly or others, which could help create a film on your inner tyre surface, stopping the abovementioed effect, and also working against the sealant drying up inside the tyre.

[PeterSteward]

Great real world testing, excellent useful information, really appreciated. This will save me money, time and frustration, Thank you!

[Adlemtbadv]

Love your work mate. Absolutely the most informative cycling videos out there. 👍

[AluinKali]

Anecdotally I‘m using Stans Race sealant for 4 years now on 3 different bikes with tyres width 2 to 3 inches. I renew the Sealant once per year mostly without issue. Only exception is when I go on a remote bike packing trip I will clean the tyres and refill the sealant. I average about 10000 km on a bike a year and I haven’t had a flat in the last few years. So yeah, my experience pretty much matches the data pretty well except for the part where Stance Race doesn’t last that long.

[gonsalochia]

Second set of gp5000s using Stans sealant, never had any problems. easy to find, easy to use.