Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
A heavy plastic style liner is just plain nuts, you could easily between the combined weight of a tire plus the plastic liner exceed the weight of a tire like the Armadillo.
Reading is fundamental. Combine a lighter 700x25 tire 200-250g, with a 700x25 Rhinodillo at 60g, and you're 260-310g. Even the Armadillo, which is lighter than most flat resistant tires, is 395g. An S-Works Turbo paired with a liner is 270g... same as a Gator Hardshell. Which rolls like a Lego brick.
I don't see how a heavier, slower rolling puncture resistant tire is somehow superior to a fast tire with a liner. And this comes from a guy that put 4,500 miles on Gator Hardshells. Doing it again, I would opt for fast light tires with liners (tubeless for now.)