I realized I contradict myself on frequency. Forget the numbers; they're more or less metaphorical -- metaphors for the more accurate qualitative statements like "a lot" and "fewer".
Big Apple: flats rare. If you can tolerate 1 flat/week in a bad week, this is the tire for you. I speak of the BAs from ~2000 up to about 2010. Kojak: more often, but still can be shrugged off. I'd ride these today if there were not Orange Seal. Skinnies: more often yet, but by surprisingly few, and worth it for the ride (Turbos, Pro Races, and GPs, in that order, rolled fast and smoothly for their width at 80/90). Ditto. Heavy Paselas: Like the skinnies. 559 1.25 Pasela: pretty bad, but tolerated for ride on wider tire. PR and Elk Pass: impossible. Again, standard is someone who routinely went through more than 1 box of 100 Remas a year, and bought them in lots of 200. On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 9:31 AM, Patrick Moore <bertin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Tim: It all depends how many flats/week you can tolerate. I rode the > following tires in ABQ, NM without getting more than 3-5 flats over 60-100 > miles/week. I routinely went through a box and a half to 2 boxes of Remas > per year. > > Listed in order of goathead resistance. > > Big Apple, 26 X 2.35 and 29 X 2.35. Almost goathead proof; rarely got > punctured on dirt. I've come off a dirt trail and brushed literally scores > of goatheads off each tire, then ridden away with no air loss over the > following 24 hours. > 26 and 700C 1.35" Kojak. Best "road" tire. > Specialized Fatboy and Tioga City Slicker, early to late '90s. As with > Kojaks, but perhaps goatheads less common pre-2010. > Conti Grand Prix, early 2000s models, 559 X 1, 650C X 23. Not much worse > than the Kojaks; say 5-6/week over 100 miles instead of 3. > Michelin Pro Race 3 and 4: perhaps slightly more prone, but not by much. > Specialized 26 X 1 Turbo, very early 90s: surprisingly flat "avoiding" for > its supple ride -- nicer than GP and even Pro Race. But I used these only > in the early '90s when, perhaps, goatheads were not quite as common. > Heavier duty Paselas: more flat prone than Kojaks; anticipate 5/week. > 26 X 1.25 folding, non-TG Pasela: flat prone; flats every other ride. > Parigi Roubaix: 5 flats in first 20 miles. This is what made me go out and > buy my first bottle of Stan's. > > The Big Apple is the safest non-sealant, halfway decent rolling tire I've > used. The Kojak is tolerable for flats. > > I daresay the Elk Pass (el) would fare much like the PR. > > In other news: Schwalbe rep says 559 X 28 Pro One measures 28 mm +, even > 20 mm, on 15 mm inside rim it was designed for; may try a pair, and may try > them tubeless. > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:56 PM, 'Tim' via RBW Owners Bunch < > rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> I'm working for a few months in Casa Grande, AZ, about halfway between >> Phoenix and Tucson, in the valley. I've got 3 bikes here, so I'm going to >> pull the fenders off my Homer (which has become really fun with Albatross >> bars) and put some wide (38-42mm) tires. It will be my around town, out to >> the mountain, dirt canal path (maybe even a dirt century), light gravel >> bike. I don't think I want Compass because, although I love them, I'm a >> heavy rider and the rear Compass on my MAP wore out after 1500 miles. I >> think they're too fragile. And I discovered goatheads yesterday on the >> Hunqapillar. Patrick Moore, I think I honestly thought that I would be that >> guy from the Midwest who came out here and didn't use sealant and didn't >> get a flat. WRONG!!! Rear flat on the Hunqapillar. The the the goathead was >> still all there. I didn't see the other four spots with just the slivers. >> I got sealant and new tubes at the bike shop for the 700x2.1 Thunder Burts. >> It was a huge mess. The first tube went ok but I guess I took too long on >> the second and and it kept clogging and spewing and and what did go in >> oozed back out. I think I'd just as soon not use it again but if the >> consensus of the group is that I must, then I will. So, which tough tire >> with no sealant. 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