One thing to consider is tires with thicker than usual tread, like the inverted tread Avocet Cross, or Continental Town and Country and Grand Canyon. These have tread thick enough to stop most things that cause flats. They're heavy and slow, but may be faster than Armadillos, or tires with liners and/or Slime. They're certainly less fussy than the latter.
Right, in the winter around here the tread helps in the snow, too. I have never changed a tube in the snow, and hope I never have to. Fixing flats in the winter temperature range (Boston) or in the more frequent after dark riding makes me trade off almost everything else.
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Specalized Nimbus Tires (Kevlar Belted) WITH Thorn Tubes AND SLIME.
I used this for a nighttime commute where getting a flat ment missing a train.
Slowed the bike down quite a bit.
Yeah, that's the thing, fellas: no point in slowing down the bike, really -- for that, I'd just walk the damned thing!
Are there armored tires which are good or excellent at resisting punctures that are also "normal performers"??
Specialized's Armadillo's and Conti's Gatorskins will both reduce the number of flats you get without slowing you down a whole lot. YOu'll still get some flats, but not as many. I really like the way my conti's handle on my tourer.
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Are there armored tires which are good or excellent at resisting punctures that are also "normal performers"??
For some definitions of "normal", yes. Marathon Plus should do that, though you'll lose /something/. Otherwise there would be no point in racing tyres...
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"NYC XYZ" wrote: just another way of saying "tangent of a line" (where the line of the ground meets the circle of the wheel).... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Rolling resistance is a force. The tangent you refer to is the line along which this force acts. They are related, but not the same.
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Are there armored tires which are good or excellent at resisting punctures that are also "normal performers"??
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Specialized's Armadillo's and Conti's Gatorskins will both reduce the number of flats you get without slowing you down a whole lot. YOu'll still get some flats, but not as many. I really like the way my conti's handle on my tourer.
Gatorskins are nowhere near as flat resistant as Armadillos, which are in another class entirely.
Gatorskins and Michelin Carbons are about the same -- more flat resistant than typical race tires, and practically as fast. In fact they're faster than many race tires.
Schwalbe seem to be popular in Europe/UK. A favorite in Southern CA is the Serfas Seca RS.
I have never changed a tube in the snow, and hope I never have to. Fixing flats in the winter temperature range (Boston) or in the more frequent after dark riding makes me trade off almost everything else.
That's a good point. Trying to mount/dismount a cold, stiff tire with cold hands can be a miserable experience.
I once had a set of Continental Avenues which were excellent except they couldn't be mounted without drawing blood, even with tire levers. One flat on a cold day at sunset was all it took, and they were off to eBay.
I ride a Greenspeed GTO with the tires & tubes it came with I got my first flat from a thorn, on the rear tire, so I installed a Slime tube in just that tire. The next flat was on the right front, from a thorn (I ride the same path daily) replaced it with a Slime Tube, and then I got a flat from a thorn on the left front, another Slim Tube. No Flats since. Third times a charm? Still traveling the same routes. The directions on the liquid Slime seemed like more trouble then replacing the tube. Slim also has Tube Liners I guess I'll try them next if I get a flat. As far as them being heavier or having more rolling resistance I can't tell the difference, but I'm no Lance Armstrong. By the way my kid and her boyfriend rode there Greenspeed Tandam 1000 miles last summer on the same kind of stock Tires and tubes and never got a flat (carried Slime Tubes and One Tire) go figure.
