I can't directly answer your question, but in my own personal experience of riding around Albuquerque over the last 25+ years, I've found that very light tires are not always prone to more flats -- this in an area where 99/100 flats are from goatheads, and not glass, nails, or other debris. For example, Conti Grand Prix/GP 4000s (65C X 23), and 650C X 23 Michelin Pro Race 4s, and 559 X 23 Specialized Turbos got no more flats than 559 X 1.25 non T Paselas and, in fact, not many more than 559 X 1.35 Kojaks, taking mileage into account.
Also IME, flats fall into 2 kinds: those like goathead flats, where the tire picks up a thorn which is either flung off before it fully penetrates, or else which acts as a sort of partial plug, so that the leak is very gradual -- I did not discover most of my flats until the next day. The second type (only 1% or so) is from nails or staples; these go right through the tread and casing and the deflation is very rapid. After riding many miles and years both with and without tire savers, I have to admit that I can't really point to any great advantage for using them. OTOH, someone I knew here in ABQ, who once told me, "9,000 miles last year; it was a bad year," swore by them. Meanwhile, I'm holding on to my stash, even though modern sealants make all of this largely academic. On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 12:20 PM, Reed Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I wonder if less rubber might hold debris less firmly, and the > puncture-causers might be more likely to fall off as you ride. Perhaps > resulting in fewer flats? > > > Reed > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2016 at 10:42 AM, Lungimsam <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Since the tread wore off last summer I told myself I'd keep riding 'til >> the casing started to show or the next flat. >> Been carrying around a spare on rides ever since. >> Ran through a field of glass on a century last weekend and got a flat and >> replaced the tire on the spot. >> Interesting thing is that when I got home, thinking the old tire was worn >> out, I cut it in half to look at the wear to see if I got every penny out >> of it. >> >> No!!!!! I think I could have ridden much longer on it. Casing and tread >> thickness at edge of file tread with no wear on that line/area where it >> meets herringbone tread, where you don't ride on it is 2mm. Casing and >> tread in deepest worn area was 1.2mm. >> So, its like I only wore the tread down half way? Unless somehow the >> riding tread was thicker than 2mm? But the squared off area is very narrow >> so not a lot of space to go thicker than 2mm? Wonder how thick it was to >> start. >> >> Pics below. Just for fun I threw in a pic of the foldable bead.: >> >>> >>> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- > 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the contours of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
