Originally Posted by Jaeger

Yep. We have a similar situation in Gatineau. When I go for rides on my road bike I tend to ride in low traffic times and places, which allows you to safely navigate the obstacles.

But when riding in rush hour traffic into the city I usually ride my flat bar commuter bike with a rack and 700x38c slick tires. I can pump those tires up and not worry about them for three weeks or more, but I'd be regularly getting pinch flats on the skinny tires on the road bike if I didn't pump them up every other day.

I notice that the people who do commute on road bikes around here almost exclusively use vintage steel ones as well. I assume they're mostly concerned about theft of anything newer.