Puncture to Mileage Ratio

[Turbo Rider]

Nowt since october and that's my longest run. Around 1600 miles, I think. Before that, I had far too many to count. Traded stock tyres for M+. Yum.

 

[the_mikey]

I'd rather stop and fix a puncture or two than suffer Schwalbe Marathon Plus.

 

[User6179]

I'd rather stop and fix a puncture or two than suffer Schwalbe Marathon Plus.

I have Marathon Tour plus and I am coming to same conclusion , had these tyres on different bikes over winter and they are hard work if you are in a group doing anything more than 15mph , on the plus side you could run over a hedgehog and not puncture .

 

[Turbo Rider]

They are a bit heavy & ugly, for sure, but I had a week where I punctured every day and a mate had just bought some gators which he was ever so proud of, until he punctured after a couple of days...kinda made my decision for me. Expect I'll change my tune when I snap all my tyre levers one day, mind

 

[User6179]

They are a bit heavy & ugly, for sure, but I had a week where I punctured every day and a mate had just bought some gators which he was ever so proud of, until he punctured after a couple of days...kinda made my decision for me. Expect I'll change my tune when I snap all my tyre levers one day, mind

You can always use the quick release lever as a makeshift tyre lever

 

[andyfraser]

I'd rather stop and fix a puncture or two than suffer Schwalbe Marathon Plus.

I'll agree with you if I'm out on my road bike on a nice day with no time limits. I'll happily fix a puncture to have a better ride.

On my commute though I'd rather just get to work without anything happening so I have M+s on my hybrid usually.

 

[glenn forger]

1500 miles I think. Pxxxxxxxs depress me so much I undergo a Vulcan mind wipe afterwards so they don't depress me so that figure is a guess.

 

[wam68]

I reckon I've only had 4 punctures in about 40,000 miles since I started cycling 4 years ago.

So, 1 every 10K miles.

Anyone beat that?

Who's got the worst ratio?

Is that a wind up. I had 2 on Sunday alone. Getting sick of the crap state of our roads at the minute. Yours must be like a billiard table

 

[cyberknight]

About 1 every 800 miles.

 

[jarlrmai]

I have never once had a puncture on my road bike.

 

[numbnuts]

I got a puncture on my turbo trainer

 

[cyberknight]

I got a puncture on my turbo trainer

 

[uclown2002]

I that a wind up. I had 2 on Sunday alone. Getting sick of the crap state of our roads at the minute. Yours must be like a billiard table

Far from it; roads are pretty rubbish. Maybe I've been lucky but do clean tyres after each ride and typically have 110-120 psi

 

[mark c]

First one on sunday with my Duranos and they have lasted two winters so far and a grand total of 2079 miles, Gators no punctures yet, although that has now doomed them.

 

[S.Giles]

Knowing what tyres the OP used won't help you deduce anything about the tyres.

...thinner tyres will have a higher ratio than thicker tyres.

Can both statements be true?