Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Well yeah, even safer because you have all those thick patches on there as protection. Think of the weight penalty though! Might as well run tire liners, which by the way I do in all my clincher tires. Flats are exceedingly rare.
Are today's patches really all that thick? The patches in the Park patch kit don't look all that thick to me.
Weight isn't an issue for me, as I don't race. On my Hardrock I have a set of Armadillos, on the stock MTB tires I do have a set of Mr. Tuffy's installed but they're so seldom on the bike as to still be practically new. I haven't upgraded the tires on my Seek 2 yet, but will be upgrading to a pair of Armadillos on it as well.
Although I might be upgrading them sooner than I had anticipated due to the fact that I have gotten two flats on the front tube already. One on my way back from my ride while pulling into a shopping center and the other shortly after leaving home to go out on a ride.
Fortunately I did the smart thing and purchased a spare tube as well as a patch kit when I was given the bike. So now I have two tubes with a patch on them.
