Originally Posted by szachariah

I just started my second set of Schwalbe Marathon Plus (700x32) on a Specialized Sirrus 2.0. The first set got me 5,000+ relatively puncture-free, street-only, commute miles in rainy, hilly Seattle. (much, much better than the OEM tires and a Continental set I tried). At about 2,000 miles, I had one blowout when I rode over an up-pointed screw. Patched the tire with a boot for that one. Last month a 4mm piece of glass got through to the tube. Initially, I was going to patch it and get back on the road. But then I retrieved 5 more smaller pieces of glass embedded in the tire. The Marathon Plus seems to be *very* good at keeping glass from reaching the tube. Even though the tires looked like they had at least another 5,000 miles in them, I decided that I'd rather put a new set on than have to deal with another late-to-work commute. Other than going tube-less, Marathon Plus has my vote. (Even though they are quite a pain to get on or off)