Puncture in marathon+, Shall I send them back?

[GuyBoden]

I've got my first puncture in my marathon+ tyre after nearly 3 years.

Shall I send them back?

 

[Milkfloat]

I've got my first puncture in my marathon+ tyre after nearly 3 years.

Shall I send them back?

You would have to get it off the rim first

 

[Phil Fouracre]

Yup! I’d complain, they’re supposed to be bulletproof😂😂
Seriously though, they are amazing tyres - we’ve ridden ours through some amazing crud over a long time, and not a hiccup. Trouble is, you just assume that you will never get any problems!

 

[CXRAndy]

Yup! I’d complain, they’re supposed to be bulletproof😂😂

Additional sealant and they will be. saying that just about any tyre becomes puncture proof with sealant

 

[GuyBoden]

Additional sealant and they will be. saying that just about any tyre becomes puncture proof with sealant

Does sealant really work, I've never tried it.

 

[Phil Fouracre]

Yup again! Sealant and Marathon plus really is bullet proof! But, you might have to pump up occasionally as you never know when you’ve had a problem. Mrs had a soft tyre a couple of times, decided to investigate - found serious blackthorn straight through tread!!

 

[Twilkes]

Do you not have to reapply sealant every few months, and if you ever need to change tyres does it not leave a big gloopy mess?

 

[fossyant]

When you realise a pair of heavy duty mountain bike trail tyres (27.5 x 2.3) are lighter than Marathon Plus...

 

[ColinJ]

Does sealant really work, I've never tried it.

Take a look at this...

Impressive tyre sealing; dangerously stupid bottle breaking attempts by presenter!

 

[cougie uk]

That's quite an impressive video.
Hmmmm.

 

[BoldonLad]

Take a look at this...

Impressive tyre sealing; dangerously stupid bottle breaking attempts by presenter!

The video is certainly impressive, however.........

It does not reflect my experience.

I recently purchased a new Giant Escape 1 Disc, with Giant Tubeless tyres. After six months, I was not impressed. Changed tyres for Marathons with Tubes.

 

[cougie uk]

Oh dear. Did you get that many flats ?

I know the marathon are very heavy but I always think you "could" offset that by leaving the pump and levers and spare tube at home...

 

[BoldonLad]

Oh dear. Did you get that many flats ?

I know the marathon are very heavy but I always think you "could" offset that by leaving the pump and levers and spare tube at home...

The problem was not flats as such. It would appear, I got several punctures which self sealed, but, tyre then deflated at unexpected times, which was sometimes very inconvenient. In one occasion this happened when bike was parked in bright sunlight, I assume, it was caused by pressure change, due to temperature.

 

[CanucksTraveller]

A Marathon Plus gets a puncture, and a 50 year old Brooks saddle fails, all in one week.
This really sums up 2020 for me.

 

[gbb]

Do you not have to reapply sealant every few months, and if you ever need to change tyres does it not leave a big gloopy mess?

The sealand does 'disappear', probably through punctures you didnt even realise you had. It can bleed through the valve when you're inflating tyres as well, making a little mess, but no big deal really.
Marathon + on my ebike, I've had definitely one, maybe two punctures, they're not puncture proof, just puncture resistant.