Originally Posted by prathmann

That certainly has me beat. I once pulled 24 goatheads out of the rear tire of our tandem but I had picked them up all at the same time so there was only one flat. But I sure wasn't going to start patching that tube.

I also remember one club ride where we used a short portion of the local MUP right when they were mowing the side of it and blowing the debris onto the trail. There were about 20 of us on the ride and we averaged a little over one flat/rider (a few escaped unscathed but even more had punctures in both tires).