I hear you, Tim. I used a set of lovely, lightweight 25 mm Vittoria Open CX's on my go-fast until the rear tread wore through with one, maybe two flats total over a couple of thousand miles. But, when I was trying to commute on 650b's I went through a stretch where I flatted daily, that's less than 25 miles between flats. I switched from Col de la Vie's to Marathons, still had flats. All due to thorns or glass, I found every one of them. At least I was never late to work. I stopped commuting on that bike and bought some Pacenti Paris-Motos to try to use it for faster fun rides. I averaged about 30 miles between punctures until I got tired of that and traded them for some Hetres. I think those wide tires found every sharp object in the road. None of my 700c tires flat nearly so often.
Bill On Thursday, May 17, 2012 6:09:19 AM UTC-7, Tim wrote: > > > > Well, I have almost never been able to find the source of my flats. > Most of them have been punctures, with the occasional snake bite > thrown in for good measure. I always search for something inside the > tire after a flat. I wrecked a wheel on a pothole last year got some > flats with the new wheel and discovered that it was from a spoke hole > that was not completely covered with rim tape. I retired my rear > Marathon Racer when I found some damage inside the tire. I weigh > around 200 and only carry a small carradice big with basic items, so > I'm not loaded at all. And virtually all of my miles were paved last > year. I guess my main frustration is that I keep reading and hearing > that bigger tires=less flats, and my experience has been quite the > opposite, and I thought I was doing all the right things. I keep the > tire label at the valve stem so I can locate the source of the > puncture. I try to use every advantage I have heard about. I ran > 110psi on my 23s, and 90-100 on my 28's, 80-90 on 30's...you get the > picture. This year has been better than last, although my mileage is > also less. I'm not going back to skinny tires, that's for sure, so > I'll keep searching... -- 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/-/Bi8706OfNKMJ. 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.
