Which Bicycle Tire Sealant Is Best For Me?

Bike manufacturers, whether road bikes or mountain bikes, support racing teams to garner a winning recognition of their products and demonstrate the reliability and durability. Other factors of having a racing team are that product development test the bikes and its components.

OKO Tire Sealants are used by some of the highest-level Mountain Bike and Road Racing Teams in the world, such as KHS Factory Racing, SCOTT-SRAM, GHOST Team Racing and Elevate Webiplex Road Cycling Team to name a few. The grueling races test not only the riders but also their equipment – and through all their testing and races they have discovered that OKO Tire Sealants prove to be the best tire sealants available, helping them to the winners’ podium.

OKO was the original effective tire sealant when launched in the UK in 1978, has always been
made in the UK, and thanks to a program of continuous development and range extension since then, it remains the best.

Not all tires are the same and neither are their uses, so OKO has developed a diverse range of tire sealants for the whole world of tires and applications. A great illustration is the bike market. You have your everyday general tubed bicycle tire, electric bike tubed tires, mountain bike tubeless tires and on road racing tires with tubes or tubeless. Adding sealant to tubeless tires – is essential to keep you riding and not fixing flats.

How long does tire sealant last? – Our OKO Magic Milk™ tubeless products are made of an advanced, synthetic latex-based formula with super sticky formulation that coats and seals porous sidewalls like no other product on the market. The OKO Magic Milk™ also has a longer effective life than any competitive product, lasting up to 6 months in mild climates. OKO Puncture Free Bike is a water-based formulation for inner tubes, that will last for the life of the tire.

How to add sealant to tubeless tires? – OKO can be added through the valve stem whether a Schrader valve or (removable-core) Presta valve. You can also pour directly into the tire well while you mount it onto the rim. Either way, OKO’s 5oz. Sealant Injector is the only one that can dose almost any bike tire, accurately, with one shot. See our website and scroll to the bottom of the page.

OKO has developed four sealants for bicycle tires. So, which one is for your bike?

1. Weekend Warrior!

For the rider who likes to ride for exercise or to escape, OKO Magic Milk™ Tubeless is a step forward for latex-based free-flowing liquid tire sealants. It is designed for tubeless tires (also usable in tubes: but for maximum puncture proofing on MTB tubes we recommend Puncture Free Bike or X-Treme).

Benefits
• Advanced synthetic latex formula will not rot tire or damage wheels and is safe for the many latex allergy sufferers
• Eliminates the dangers of punctures at speed
• Seals tread area holes instantly, the moment they occur
• Prevents downtime caused by punctures
• Eliminates puncture repair costs
• Extends the useful life of the tire
• No adverse effect on tires or rims
• Contains anti-corrosive agents; safe for use on all wheels
• Non-Flammable, Non-Hazardous.

2. Live And Breathe Bike Rider!

As well as MTB/XC race teams, more and more pro Road teams are using tubeless road tires now. In all cases they run high pressures – less insanely hard than they used to, but still enough to defeat Stan’s Race and other brands. Magic Milk™ Hi-Fiber handles it better than others. So, use it in any road race set-up – you need less than with the water-based tube sealants and it does a better job of sealing sidewalls and being a tire rim sealant- bonding the tire bead/rim strip join.

Magic Milk™ Hi-Fiber race sealant is a premium product, designed to deal with both the high pressures of road race bikes (tubeless, tubed or tubular): and also, the low pressures of downhill/enduro/gravel racing. A little more expensive than the Magic Milk Tubeless: but worth it if you are taking it to the extremes.

The Magic Milk™ tire sealant is super-light, with a dose of 1 to 4 ounces (30-120ml) per tire in most road to mountain to downhill bikes, depending on size.

3. MTB Traditionalist!

If you think that going tubeless is just too much hassle, but you want protection in your tubes, then OKO X-Treme is the only sealant made specially for you – one that can even seal pinch flats!

Water –based and super-strong, there’s nothing else like it… If it’s powerful enough for dirt bikes, then you know it will handle your needs!

4. Tubed Tires!

Since most bicycle riders aren’t into extreme riding, their tires include a tube. OKO Puncture Free Bike, the industry’s best all-purpose bike puncture repair liquid, makes loss of pressure and flats a thing of the past. Our water-based formulation is designed for tubes found on commuter, touring, and e-bikes. It is the only preventive tire sealant to be approved and recommended by Tubolito for protection in their lightweight, durable synthetic TPU tubes.

With a dose of just 2 to 5 ounces (60-140 ml) per tire, OKO Puncture Free Bike offers lasting security for the life of the tire.

Benefits
• Not latex-based, but water-soluble
• Eliminates the dangers of punctures at speed
• Seals tread area holes instantly, the moment they occur
• Prevents downtime caused by punctures
• Eliminates puncture repair costs
• Extends the useful life of the tire
• No adverse effect on tires or rims
• Contains anti-corrosive agents; safe for use on all wheels.
• Non-Corrosive, Non-Flammable, Non-Hazardous.

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