You can buy road tires or MTB tires with any amount of armor you want. The road tire with the thickest armor is called Marathon Plus. The one with the hardest armor is called Gator Hardshell. There are also tires with almost no tread rubber and no armor at all, and everything in between.
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Genesis 49:16-17
"Well, well!" said Holmes, impatiently. "A good cyclist does not need a high road. The moor is intersected with paths and the moon is at the full."