Flat-proofing a bike

[Oldhippy]

Seeing sports bikes with skinny wheels and tyres on some country lanes is like taking a high end sports car off roading.

 

[fossyant]

Learn to fix them, takes no more than 10 minutes. TBH, It's rare I get a puncture and I commute to work most days. I wouldn't be putting heavy puncture resistant tyres on a carbon bike. It will be like riding in treacle.

 

[fossyant]

Seeing sports bikes with skinny wheels and tyres on some country lanes is like taking a high end sports car off roading.

Oi, you are old enough to remember 18mm tyres !

 

[C R]

Seeing sports bikes with skinny wheels and tyres on some country lanes is like taking a high end sports car off roading.

The problem is when riding country lanes you can't always tell in advance how bad it is going to be. Herefordshire is particularly bad for this, there are lanes in Herefordshire that change from new surface bliss to pothole nightmare every 200 metres.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Oi, you are old enough to remember 18mm tyres !

What were they thinking?

 

[Windle]

What were they thinking?

Well technically the narrower the tyre then the less chance of it hitting something puncture-ry .

 

[ianrauk]

Or a solid, no air tire, if they exist (probably not).

Check out Tannus Tyres