I'm in severe goathead country in N. CA. Only two approaches have worked reliably for me:
1. My go fast rando bike has tubeless RH wide supple tires with sealant. These did not work as well tubed with sealant, after many thorn punctures the sealant leaked between tire and tube then they would slowly leak. 2. My e-bike commuter has Marathon Plus. I tried Big Apples, there were a few thorn and tire wire flats. 6 months on the Marathons no flats so far. On Sunday, November 10, 2019 at 12:42:25 PM UTC-8, Tom Horton wrote: > > some advice please. I'm outfitting an MIT atlantis 62 for riding forest > roads and trails where I live on the eastern shore of maryland. not real > rough riding, though sandy in patches, BUT we have an eastern native > species, greenbriar (smilax), which is not goathead level in its ability to > flat tires, but still a tough customer. > > I'd prefer to go the tough tire route vs slime or other sealant in the > tubes. the schwalbe marathon plus is one way, but mighty heavy and not > quite as wide as I'd prefer. schwalbe makes a smart sam with something > called double defense, nylon/kevlar belt, that looks pretty good and I > think their 2.25 inch would fit the atlantis without fenders. > > anyone have experience with those tires, or others? and I often ride > pavement to get to the trails. > > > -- 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 view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/4be8d167-5e98-447a-8ea3-1fc751e842e3%40googlegroups.com.
