Originally Posted by banerjek
I just got back from a few weeks in London. At least the roads I saw had street sweepers run on them regularly. Between better tires and less broken glass on the roads thanks to the street sweepers, I'm not surprised that you could go 2500 km with only one flat. BTW, that's no that far. It will be more interesting to see what your average is in another 10,000 km.
Yes, the street sweeping machines are great at removing junk off the roads. Its the amount of rough and pot holed roads that I was refering to. I seem to be forever hoping over these horrible bike traps.
Originally Posted by noisebeam
I once went 15yrs. without a flat.
Impressive. Solid rubber tyres?
