Originally Posted by
BluesDawg
I have used a couple of pairs of Ribino Pro Slicks and found them to be good tires. In fact I have one on the front wheel of my Roubaix now. The only flat I've had with them was on a rear tire that was worn thin and ready for replacement anyway.
I've had success with Bontrager hard cases. My riding buddy got 16000 miles without a flat but I always end up with some kind of catastrophe, like an emergency stop where I burned a whole in one or running into my buddy's cassette when a car pulled out in front of us one the way home, that really chews up a tire. But even at 265lbs I get more than 3000 miles between flats unless I so something stupid