My LBS called the gatorskin tire i bought "bulletproof". so yeah. they are. but they clarified that theyre not puncture proof. so im ok in compton, unless i run into glass on the road...

Better and cheaper too:

https://www.probikekit.com/us/tyres-t...road-tyre.html

According to this recent thread, it sounds like that chance is good...

Flats here are inevitable no matter what tire you ride. My road bikes use Mr. Tuffy liners (Zaffiro Pro and Dynamic) and still flat occasionally (goatheads mostly, some road debris). The commuter uses Specialized Nimbus 28's with Slime liners. Heavy, yes, but best combo I've found so far. With the road tires, I just carry extra tubes and patch kit - two flats in one ride last week

I have been having good luck with Vittoria Rubino Pro's. Very good puncture resistance and rolls very nice.

Maxxis Re-Fuse FTW!

lots of people love this tire. I personally dont. hope you have great luck with them!

I've had Specialized Armadillo Elites on my foul weather bike since 2007. Only on my second set since then; I got ~5,000 miles out of the first pair without a single flat, & the only reason I changed them is they started to look like ass. Second pair has over 4,000 miles on them now and still look pretty good.

That's awesome! I've thought about trying the armadillos. I hear they are pretty difficult to put on and take off. True?

Great tires but the kind with tread feel rough at high psi compared to slicks imo. Also in my experience the rubino slicks aren't that durable.

The Serfas Seca RS tires were incredible for me for the first 1000 miles. They rolled well, are very light and also had great traction even in the rain. After 1000 miles however, the flats came...and kept on coming. It was rediculous. After 2000 miles, the front and rear tires were so worn they had to be removed. There were also bulges present on the tread of BOTH tires. Since I had to pull my tires so often I kept on noticing how many cuts were on these tires. There were an alarming number of cuts in the tires with so many pieces of gravel and little rocks imbedded in the tires. If you change you tires every 1000 miles no matter what, these tires are a bargain. A BETTER option would be to go with Vittoria Zaffiro Pro Slick tires. They are sometimes cheaper and you can get more miles out of them. The Serfas Seca RS tires are fragile in my opinion.

Oh no.

Never, ever taunt the flat gods.


Even IF you're riding BOMB PROOF BULLET PROOF tires while SLAM DANCIN on tight CORNERS!!!


PS: I like the vreds a lot. I switched over to vreds from GP3000s and 4000s and have not had one single... you-know-what since doing so. Doh!

I love my krylions, 1,500 miles on them with 1 flat

Don't you check your tires or clean them after a ride? Flats are inevitable, no tire will be puncture proof. This tire has good puncture resistance. Mine happened to last me 3000 miles and yours seemed to last you less. Even with the VERY BEST puncture resistant tire (which will always be objective), you still have to check for cracks and splits.

I have about 500 miles on a pair of Zaffiro Pros and love them. They are my first high pressure tire (140!) and are wearing great. Still, I prefer a thicker belt even at the cost of a smoother ride.

Yes I do. You have your opinion on the tires and I have mine. Let's just leave it at that.

You know you should not be inflating them anywhere near 140 right?

no worries mate. thats what this forum is about, sharing opinions. nobody is getting bent out of shape. we are talking about tires for goodness sake. whatever tire works best for you mang. like I said in my original post, I'm not even riding the serfas seca tire right now. I felt it was a great tire for all around performance. But that doesn't mean it is the ONLY good all around tire. everyone has a tire that either worked or didn't.

I may even have to give that vitorria zaffiro tire a shot. I had the rubino pros and liked them even though they had punctures left and right, it looked great and felt pretty solid. Just didn' tlast me very long.

No worse when new than any other clinchers I've used. The difference is, since you never flat, they don't get "loosened up" from regular removal/reinstallation the way conventional clinchers do, so when you finally do change them after ~5,000 miles they're just as hard to take off as a brand new tire!

Also note, there's a difference between Armadillo Elites and regular Armadillos. I've never tried the latter, but word on the street is that they're even less flat-prone than the Elites because they have a thicker puncture-proof sidewall...but that makes them a real bear to get on/off the rim. Plus they apparently ride like complete schidt (The Elites only ride like incomplete schidt, which for my purposes is perfectly acceptable.)

135, 138, 139, Bla-DOW!

Best tire out there. PBK has them for about $80 a set.

Same here man. I really did like the feel and look of the Serfas Seca RS tires for the first 1000 miles. I even raced on them in a duathlon last year in pouring rain and they never slid out on me at all. I am not saying that the Vittoria Zaffiro Pro Slick (folding bead) will be any better, but I have seen them for $15-20 online and they have been pretty good for me.

I have had very good results from Vittoria Rubibos and Zaffiros with the PRB (puncture resistant belt) feature. I have never had a flat on Panaracer Pasela Tour Gaurds. They have gum-colored sidewalls, which look fine on my vintage fleet but might look odd on modern bikes.

It wouldn't hurt to stop and fix it.

Post of the day!