Originally Posted by
woodenidol
Flats suck. I used to fix mine, but I quite doing it. I have a patch kit with me, but thats just a second back up to my extra tube. I was so pissed when I had a stretch of 3 flats over 5 commuting days. Replaced my 23's with 28 gator skins. One flat in four months since. Not bad considering before the change I was hyper aware of road debri, now I dont even pay attention unless its something big.
I'm starting to see there's a certain amount of randomness to flats. I got so sick of flats with my Gatorskins that I replaced them with RiBMos. I think it has more to do with the time of year. People are out breaking bottles, but the street cleaners aren't running yet.