Thanks for recounting your experiences with the Specialized All Condition Armadillos. I have a set on my Tricross , (700 x 28), that I've been running after the original Borough Cross tires started to wear out. I commute through some pretty trashed streets in downtown Los Angeles, and have had one flat so far in about three months of riding. Funny thing is that it was the exact type of hazard that you ran over - a tiny sliver of wire about 1/4" long - that did me in. I've ran over glass, nails, some pretty deep potholes, and . . . nada. Sounds like you got a good price on yours too. I think I paid around $60 a tire including tubes.

Good to know that the tires seem pretty bulletproof. But, we both know that just by saying that we'll probably have three flats within the next three weeks!!