I've had regular Hetres, extralight Hetres, and now extralight Babyshoe passes.
1. Only *one* flat on regular Hetres, caused by a sharp thorn from me stupidly walking the bike through a thorn bush. The thorn penetrated right through the center of the tread section. I've had these tires for four years and at least a couple of thousand miles. For the past year these have seen commuter duty on pot-hole pocked urban streets. 2. No flats on the extralight Hetres, but I only used them for less than one season, maybe a few hundred miles. On their second ride, one got a really bad sidewall nick which I had to boot from inside and superglue on the outside... that tire has become the spare that I carry with me. Could have been bad luck, and happened to any tire. The roads were rocky gravel that ride, and I suspect the wheel had rolled through a narrow rut and gotten abraded by a sharp rock. 3. No flats on the extralight Babyshoe Passes, and they've seen one whole season, around 1000 miles. No flats or nicks. All three sets of tires have seen lots of the same rocky gravel roads around New England and upstate NY. The Babyshoe Passes have perhaps seen the most rough roads of the three sets. For gravel riding, I typically keep them at 30psi front, 35psi rear. I weigh 165lb. I'm just one data point, so take it for what it's worth. But I would not hesitate to ride those Babyshoe Passes anywhere except on really technical rocky stuff. What are the conditions you're concerned about? I can post photos of some of the typical surfaces these tires roll on if you like. Anton On Monday, December 29, 2014 2:34:37 PM UTC-5, Eric Norris wrote: > > Wondering if anyone has used both in the same conditions, and whether the > Babyshoe Pass is more flat-resistant. > > I know that Jan H has excellent luck with his tires, but I think my local > riding conditions are a little different from his, and I'm looking for > real-world experiences from other riders. Does the slightly thicker tread > on the Babyshoe Pass really offer more flat resistance? > > Thanks in advance! > > --Eric N > www.CampyOnly.com > CampyOnlyGuy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy -- 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.
