joewein
Maximum Pace
- Oct 25, 2011
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I am curious what others' experience is about that.
I had two punctures doing 8800 km over the 16 months since I got the bike, not counting a recent slow leak (-2 bar in 24 hours) before I swapped the tube.
I can say that I've been more likely to take off a wheel to swap a worn tyre than to fix a flat and I'm pretty happy with that record. I also spent far more time messing around with derailleurs or seat height than punctured tubes. However, when I go on group rides, almost always someone will have a puncture somewhere, especially on metal grates.
I use Primo comet tyres on my Bike Friday, first the regular version, then the Kevlar lined version, now back to the regular ones again because they're half the price and I'm not having any worse luck with them.
I had two punctures doing 8800 km over the 16 months since I got the bike, not counting a recent slow leak (-2 bar in 24 hours) before I swapped the tube.
I can say that I've been more likely to take off a wheel to swap a worn tyre than to fix a flat and I'm pretty happy with that record. I also spent far more time messing around with derailleurs or seat height than punctured tubes. However, when I go on group rides, almost always someone will have a puncture somewhere, especially on metal grates.
I use Primo comet tyres on my Bike Friday, first the regular version, then the Kevlar lined version, now back to the regular ones again because they're half the price and I'm not having any worse luck with them.