Tim: David & I have ridden together. I wait while he picks goat heads out of his tires & changes tubes. It gives my heart rate time to come down. He works; I relax. Good stuff.
dougP On May 16, 8:16 pm, cyclotourist <cyclotour...@gmail.com> wrote: > I probably get that many punctures over the same mileage. I don't like > heavy/dead-feeling tires, so it's my cross to bear. > > > > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Jim M. <mather...@gmail.com> wrote: > > My bikes vary from 28mm Ultremos to 40mm Marathon Supremes and I haven't > > had a flat on any of them in 2+ years. I reach down and brush the 28's > > clean occasionally, especially after riding through glass, but no special > > treatment otherwise. Are you getting punctures or pinch flats? What > > pressure do you run? 40 flats in 7,000 miles sounds unusual for any tire. > > > On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 7:42:29 PM UTC-7, Tim wrote: > > >> I've only been riding bigger tires for about a year and a half now. I > >> always rode a too small racing-ish bike with 23's. I only had the > >> occasional flat, and have even gone a whole season with only one flat. > >> Ok, that's good. I bought my Homer last February, with 30mm Marathon > >> Racers. I put over 7,000 miles on last year but I probably had at > >> least 40 flats, with over half of those on the Marathon's before I got > >> sick of it and took them off. I must have averaged at least 2 per > >> week. I changed to Ruffy Tuffy's midway through the summer and have > >> had better luck with them. My rear Ruffy wore out and I but the old, > >> but not all that worn, Marathon and I've had a couple more flats on > >> it. I thought that Schwalbe's were supposed to be the real deal when > >> it comes to durability. Do you think it was a fluke or has anyone > >> else's experience been similar. By the way I've got some Jack Brown's > >> that I'm going to when my Ruffy wears out, but, even though I love the > >> fatter tires, I'm not sure why last year was so bad with all the > >> flats. Any ideas? > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/V977PS8xNx0J. > > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- > Cheers, > David > Redlands, CA > > ** > “I believe in an America where millions of Americans believe in an America > that’s the America millions of Americans believe in. That’s the America I > love.”- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
