Originally posted by Chasbo
You aren't jinxed Bob. When we install Tuffy's at the bike shop I work at, we always cuss and whine cause they tend to cause as many flats as they protect against.
Oh, it isn't just the Mr Tuffy that made me feel jinxed. On my first bike, after getting new tires (Nimbus - had some protection but not like the Armadillo), I immediately started getting flats. The Conti 4-seasons I got with my road bike got some flats, but suddenly started getting lots of them (all from glass) at the very same time that they had finally swept the roads AND I was "taking the lane" a lot more - thus I should have had LESS of a problem. Then there was the Mr Tuffy problem, including the one with the new Armadillo tire (at least I hope it was caused by the Mr Tuffy).
So I'm probably going to have little confidence until I get at least 500 miles on this tire.
Bob