Originally Posted by
mercator
Background - Until the spring of 2006 I was commuting on my fat tire mtb, running 1.5" City Slicker tires. In June of last year I got a road bike and mounted 700c28 Continental Ultra Sport tires on it. The mtb is now the rain/snow bike.
So, is this just luck or are skinny tires really less likely to flat?
To me it looks like that differences in the amount of flats are caused by the fact that the mtb is used as your rain bike. Rain or wet roads rapidly increases the chances of a puncture, since water acts as a lubricant on the glass shards /metal wires / flint stones / thorns or whatever punctures tyres where you live.
The Continental Ultra Sport aren't known for their puncture resistance either.
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