Originally Posted by
interested
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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I didn't get many flats on my road bike commuter when I was riding it summer through early fall. Now that it is late fall and the rain has come to the PNW, I ride my fixed gear with the
same tire (but 25mm instead of 23mm) on the rear as I was riding on my road bike and I am getting flats from punctures all over the place. The last two week have been terrible. I picked up a razor blade which cut my tire in half last week. Monday I got three flats, one in my front wheel and two in my rear; I only carry two spare tubes so I had to patch the last tube in the dark. Turns out it was two rocks and a small piece of wire. Tuesday I got another flat; a construction staple.
All of these were from the weather. It's been very wet the last couple weeks, and on Monday there was a wind storm which blew lots of crap on the road.
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