I agree with you, with one caveat: Width and tire pressure make a huge difference. If you are comparing two 32 mm tires, the supple, light one will get more flats. But if you are comparing a puncture-resistant 32 mm tire with a supple, light 42 mm tire, the 42 mm tire probably will get fewer flats.
For me, the key to riding supple tires with almost zero flats has been wide tires, which I run at 38-45 psi. Jan Heine Compass Bicycles Ltd. www.compasscycle.com Follow our blog at http://janheine.wordpress.com/ On Saturday, November 15, 2014 10:28:17 AM UTC-8, Tim McNamara wrote: > > The simple physics is that light, supple tires with thin rubber are going > to be punctured more easily than tires with thicker rubber, heavier walls, > puncture strips, etc. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
