There are aother options as well:

I had a Marathon Plus on my Birdy but I hated it. It wallowed terribly when not pumped rock-hard and did not stop flats - pieces of glass got through several times near the edge of the blue layer. That was the last time I waste money on Marathon Plus because it wasn't cheap.

Prior to that, I tried out several brands of tyre with Kevlar belt for reducing punctures, but found those to be ineffective. I regard that as a gimmick.

So I started using tyre liners and here I report success. I have not had a single puncture with the liners over several years, over several bikes and riding a wide variety of surfaces. The only problem I found with the liners, they will certainly cause punctures at the sharp edge of the two ends - these will rub through the tube. So I took to sanding the edges flas and smooth and since then, nothing. So the last time I had a puncture was literally years ago.

At one stage I had such huge hashes in a Big Apple tyre I had to replace it eventually because the Slime liner was bulging through, but no puncture.



My advice is to get a set of liners (Slime/Zefal/Mr Tuffy), get the end edges smooth, buy any tyre you want and ride with peace of mind.