[QUOTE=zacster;11273145]I hate to jinx myself, but why do some people get so many flats? I ride in NYC and don't have a problem and our streets aren't in great shape. I don't ride on flat resistant tires, nor use tire liners.

I seem to have to worst time in winter with flats. One time on a snow covered street, I picked up a nail that went through two sides of the tire. in other cases pieces of glass caused several flats, especially going across two bridges that are highway interchanges. For some reason, people like to throw beer and alcohol bottles on the bridge. Although, I am starting to see plastic minuture bottles. My worst flat was last year a couple weeks after the major snow storm, the sidewalks were still covered, so I had to changed the tire on the street narrowed by snow walls. I ran that tire several times and never found out why it went flat, but I had a spare tube and was none worse for the wear. Some people beeped at me as they went by. I just took it as a symbolic gesture of encouragment.

It started dripping for my last couple miles, but nothing serious, and that is good, because I didn't rainproof my packs. All the street lights are finnally on, so after two weeks of riding in the dark, the lights are back. I checked the weather and it looks like thunderstorms, so I will plan my exit based on the ability to make home between storms.