Whaaaaaat? 35 between flats? That's a flat every decent length ride! I guess you must be a tire changing champion by now.
Ummmm, eastern PA, good local trails that are packed gravel. Paved roads are ok with normal rust belt pot hole dodging action.
Someone else mentioned that the Kendas I'm running have kevlar? Without further evidence, I think I'll tend to look for that again. It seems to be working for me.
Originally Posted by
Photosmith
What part of the world are you in, and what types of roads do you ride on? I got 3 flat tires in my first 100 miles riding the mostly paved canal banks in Arizona due to the large amount of thorny & spiny crap that grows in the desert. I switched the Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires and have gotten only 1 flat since then, and it was a slow leak flat, so I didn't even have to change the tire out on trail since it hadn't gone flat until the next morning. Still, my record thus far has been:
Stock tires: Average of 35 miles per flat
Marathon Plus: Average of 250 miles per flat
Where you live and what type of plant life and debris exists in that region makes all the difference.