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05-16-04, 03:22 PM
We have had a lot of rain in central Maryland this spring and it has washed all sorts of debris onto the roads. My rear tire has only about 500 miles on it, and it is cut in about 5 or 6 different places. When talking to the LBS owner, he said his sales of tubes and tires has skyrocketed.
I run 700x25 Bontrager Hard Cases and they are just not hard enough for all the glass and debris. I have had only three flats in a little over a month, but, to my way of thinking, that is too many on a set of tires that are supposed to be resistant to punctures.
Perhaps I will try a set of Ultra Gatorskins next. They have a harder rubber and kevlar from bead to bead. But, given this crappy road conditions, they won't last too long, either.
Ah, well, it beats sitting in the Lazy Boy and flipping channels by a million miles!
I run 700x25 Bontrager Hard Cases and they are just not hard enough for all the glass and debris. I have had only three flats in a little over a month, but, to my way of thinking, that is too many on a set of tires that are supposed to be resistant to punctures.
Perhaps I will try a set of Ultra Gatorskins next. They have a harder rubber and kevlar from bead to bead. But, given this crappy road conditions, they won't last too long, either.
Ah, well, it beats sitting in the Lazy Boy and flipping channels by a million miles!