Originally Posted by
rekmeyata
Schwalbe has several highly flat-resistant tires they so boldly call flat-less called the Marathon Plus, Plus Tour, Plus MTB, and the E-Plus which may be even more flat-less than the other three, but I'm rather skeptical of those claims for those tires! Some of those tires if you look at the size charts have what's called Smartguard, and Smart Dualguard, the Dual version is the most robust against flats.
I decided against those tires due to weight and rolling resistance, while the Almotion tire may not have the puncture resistance of those others, after munching on glass mile after mile and not getting a single flat or even a cut, I'm good with the Almotion tires.
You really can't compare riding through the mean streets of a city, no matter how gnarly, to goathead country.
Late summer/fall is absolute murder in goathead country.
Even the Marathon Plus tires are not immune to their evilness.
I don't currently live in goathead country so I haven't been testing the latest and greatest from Schwalbe.
But having experienced goatheads in both Denver, Colorado and Bakersfield, California I can confidently say I'd gladly ride in the glass strewn gutter all day rather than the hellscape that is goathead country in late summer/fall.
Installing sealant filled inner tubes helped mitigate those pesky thorns for me.
But this was way back in the last decade, lots of product advancement and information since then.