Originally Posted by
ccd rider
I'm at twice the amount.....around 2500 miles (on my Raleigh hybrid since new).....with the same set of tires (also Kenda) and no flats. I've run over glass (several areas of broken bottles on road shoulders), nails (construction areas), countless goatheads. I only use standard tubes, but I use liners, slime, and the Kendas are the kevlar reinforced variety.
And I don't believe in jinxes. If I get a flat tomorrow it will just be random fate.....not anything to do with writing this silly post (I've written a couple others similar in previous months on various sites).
Actually, I got significantly more than 2500 miles (probably closer to 5000, but I normally get much less) out of my last tires before I got a flat (yesterday, as it turns out). Hybrids with larger tires, liners, kevlar reinforcement, and slime will last longer than most other tires. Also, if you don't ride in the rain, the incidence of flats drastically decreases -- you can see/avoid glass better, and the water serves as a lubricant.
Nothing is flat proof (unless you go to solid core). I've picked up stuff that would flat a car tire. You can hook sharp pieces of metal through sidewalls. I still think a few people here have jinxed themselves. I was in the shop yesterday and some guy mentioned not getting a flat for 5 years (though he put on few enough miles, he had only one set of tires during that time). Famous last words.