Originally Posted by
vijinho
About 10 years ago I tried some folding Marathon Supreme's, 700 x 28C I think they were, and almost immediately I was getting punctures so after a couple of weeks they were straight into the bin. Not surprised they stopped being made.
Polar opposite of my experience:
My set never had a flat on numerous long trips-- riding down through the southern part of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica
-another trip through about a third of Mexico
-across France
-and other riding, but never had one flat on the trips. Four panniers, handlebar bag, extra stuff on rack
One factor with any tire, but especially a supple thin walled one, is riding up against a sharp rock or something, so a certain amount of user error can be part of tire failures.