In my experience, outside a glass or thorn heavy environment, a low inflation, wide, supple tire is its own flat protection, as the suppleness allows the tire to compress around sharp rocks etc. I've only gotten pinch flats (from underinflation) and from riding the tires after the tread was worn down.
Patrick of the Moore swears by using liquid latex in his tubes to prevent flats in his goat head infested niche of the world. There seems to be a wide variety of what works for people (no doubt for a variety of reasons) on commutes. Experience will be the best teacher. I'd aim for the plushest ride first and add flat protection if you get a lot of flats that aren't fixed by proper inflation (which can take a bit to dial in -- the basic idea is just enough air to prevent pinch flats and tire rolls in curves). With abandon, Patrick On Monday, May 22, 2017 at 10:33:48 AM UTC-6, Birdman wrote: > > Thanks, that's one I hadn't encountered before. > > What about a Compass tire-ish ride WITH flat protection? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
