Originally Posted by
CliftonGK1
It's not time to go home until you've finished, or they've carted your body off the course! 5 flats during a double means it's time to get better tires. I was amazed yesterday to see how many people were getting flats, and I think many were because people were riding lighter, thinner tires since it was only a 100k.
Oh I don't know about that. Let's see when I was coughing up blood while doing an extended climb, I think it was time to go home. They were close to carting my body off the course. The most flats I've ever had on a double is 2, that's why I said it's time to go home. I think if I had 5 flats during a ride it wouldn't be a pretty thing out there on the road. I can count on one hand the number of flats I've had on organized rides. You're right if you run good tires, it's likely you won't have flats.