If you ever feel like you are getting too many flats on the rear (always the rear!), a much tougher, but still a bit supple tire is the Marathon Supreme. And it comes in 700x42. https://www.schwalbetires.com/bike_tires/road_tires/marathon_supreme
There are many marathons... this one is the lightest and most supple, I think. Good luck and report back. Edwin On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 1:41:11 PM UTC-5 JAS wrote: > Garth, you're a life-saver! I got busy right away and ordered the tires. > Thanks so much for the link. > > On Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 3:01:55 AM UTC-7 Garth wrote: > >> Joyce, Enjoy the ride !!! Shikoro 700x42 ...... >> https://takeahikeshop.com/products/soma-shikoro-700c-k-tire-black-brown? >> >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 7:51:54 PM UTC-4 JAS wrote: >> >>> Jason, what casing did you select for your RH tires? Standard, >>> extralight or endurance? I'm impressed with your mileage to flat ratio. >>> >>> Garth, you're right! It's ultimately about life and enjoying the ride. >>> I"ll bet you've read "Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Performance" by >>> Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi. If not, you might enjoy it. >>> >>> Joe, I also found that the Kenda Kwik tires that came on my Clem rode >>> like bricks, though I didn't know how bad they were until I switched to Big >>> Bens. I have Schwalbe Marathons on my Bike Friday for touring for the flat >>> protection. My hands aren't as strong as they used to be so it's often a >>> struggle to get the tire back on the rim. >>> >>> Thanks to all for continuing this conversation about tires. I >>> appreciate the opportunity to learn more about bikes via your experience. >>> As far as my tire decision goes, I'm currently leaning toward the folding >>> Shikoro 700 x 38 due to availability. I don't know if the 42mm would be >>> better, but can't find them in the folding (lighter) version. >>> >>> --Joyce >>> On Tuesday, May 18, 2021 at 3:13:06 PM UTC-7 Patrick Moore wrote: >>> >>>> I was riding 70 to 100 miles per week back then with 3 to 5 bikes, most >>>> on the commuter and allrounder, mostly on pavement but say 1/3 dirt. >>>> >>>> Oh: One big exception to the "flatting fast tires": Big Apples. They >>>> rolled surprisingly well for their bulk, but got perhaps 1/3 of the flats >>>> per unit distance of the other tires; in order of flat-prone-ness, ie from >>>> more flats to less flats per unit: 26 X 1.25 Paselas, non-TG (and yet for >>>> a >>>> number of years these were my commuting tires and got the most miles); >>>> Conti GPs, Michelin Pro Races, Specialised Turbos (yep, fewer flats than >>>> the Paselas); 26 X 1.35 and 700C X 35 Kojaks; 26 and 29" 2.35" Big Apples). >>>> >>>> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 5:06 PM Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Each to his or her own. It depends on what you prefer. Many ride stiff >>>>> tires that don't flat; pre-sealant, I preferred -- no, really, really >>>>> much >>>>> preferred -- to fix over 150 flats per year (2 boxes of 100 Remas per >>>>> year, more or less) instead of riding tires that felt slow. >>>>> >>>>> Fortunately, modern sealants even here in goatheadland allow one to >>>>> ride the lighest, thinnest tires with hardly any flats and resulting >>>>> pleasure: in tubes for higher pressures, tubeless for lower pressures.* >>>>> >>>>> Of course, we get very little rain; and also, 2 spare tubes per bike >>>>> usually let me get home before I had to break out the patch kit (also one >>>>> for each bike); plus of course top quality pumps. Again, each to his own; >>>>> this was my own. >>>>> >>>>> * For me, an unscientific but still empirical division at about 45 or >>>>> 50 psi. >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 2:51 PM Tom Wyland <tomw...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Should I feel bad about my 780g Schwalbe Marathon Greenguard tires? >>>>>> Sure keeps the flats away when riding on the street. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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-bun...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f262b18e-5c91-40a7-8ef0-ff9bcf24b1abn%40googlegroups.com >>>>>> >>>>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/f262b18e-5c91-40a7-8ef0-ff9bcf24b1abn%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>>>> . >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> >>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> Patrick Moore >>>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> >>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> Patrick Moore >>>> Alburquerque, Nuevo Mexico, Etats Unis d'Amerique, Orbis Terrarum >>>> >>>> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. 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