Originally Posted by
PatrickGSR94
Every time I've had a flat on my utility bike with these 1.5" H2 tires, it's always been the rear tire, and it's always been when riding on the shoulder of a road, or on the "under construction" portion of a road widening project. Thankfully we don't have goat heads to content with in my area of the world. And yeah I don't really like the idea of tire liners for the reason you mentioned.
The bike is a Marin Pine Mountain steel MTB frame, with a height-corrected Nashbar rigid steel fork (same height as suspension fork), which has tons of clearance for just about anything probably up near 3" wide or so.
It is always the rear, isn't it? The front tire throws up the debris, and the rear tire catches it at a bad angle.
Yeah, the Conti or Schwalbe with the built in tire liner is going to be good for ya. Continental calls it the "safety plus" or just "plus" tires too. All of the conti electric tires (e-25 or E-50) have that type of protection
