Nightmare on Continental street ( yet again )

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Tim Hall

Guest
Location
Crawley
Not as far as I know
Tattoos repel punctures. Fact.
 
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User33236

Guest
About 4 years ago I was getting punctures so frequently, at least one every ride, I was seriously considering giving up cycling. Can't recall the last time I had one now.
 

r04DiE

300km a week through London on a road bike.
My opinion of them is slightly lower than a snakes goolies. I wore one down to the cords inside 500 miles once.
Well, its just that I was talking to the chap at my LBS yesterday and I was telling him that I didn't like the tyres I had on the bike. I said that I liked the punctureproofness of them, but that I found them slippy and preferred slicks to treaded tyres. He then recommended the gators as an alternative.

Edited for looking like it was written by a drunk.
 
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OP
OP
Racing roadkill
Well, its just that i was talking to the chap at my LBS yeatsrday and I was telling him that i didn't like the tyres I had on the bike. I said that i liked the punctureproofness of them, but that I found them slippy and preferred slicks to treaded tyres. He then recommended the gators as an alternative.
Kickback city.
 

r04DiE

300km a week through London on a road bike.
Kickback city.
What, you think he's just interested in the money?
 

r04DiE

300km a week through London on a road bike.
Ha ha, and after all that I'm actually running M+'s. Bike at the shop so not here for me to look at. Good short term memory, anybody? :cry:
 

steveindenmark

Legendary Member
Didnt a CC member once describe M+ ride as 'jogging in wellies' or was that about the D+?

its almost 2am and my memory is failing me.

I'm a tourer not a racer and so going a fraction slower makes no difference to me. Marathon Plus are perfct for me. Ive never jogged in wellies. I dont know what it feels lke.
 

subaqua

What’s the point
Location
Leytonstone
That's possibly a fair comparison - the protection built in to them makes them heavier / harder running than a soft, light, smooth tyre; but there comes a point where the repeated punctures stop being "fun" and you'll take whatever tyres are going to stop you doing the "walk the bike" home. ^_^


its a kevlar band apparently. well thats what it said on the label that was attached to the last one I bought when the 3rd puncture in as many days in the Schwalbe spicer happened.
 

Johnno260

Veteran
Location
East Sussex
I bought some Gatorskins for puncture resistance and they have suffered a few punctures, vs glass I won't complain as that's a big ask of any tyre, the feeble thorn that managed to pierce them I was very un-happy about, I am going to try some Vittorias next.
 
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