Eric I've had no fewer flats on Hetres than anything else. Hetre ELs on my Rawland, and I've flatted once in the first 500 miles. I've run standard Hetres on my Hilsen, and I've flatted with them. In all cases legitimate punctures where I've found the wire, or thorn or glass embedded in the tire opposite the hole in the tube and pulled it out.
On Tuesday, February 4, 2014 9:53:11 AM UTC-8, Eric Norris wrote: > > Well, so much for one of my fantasies (about the very low incidence of > flats with Grand Bois Hetres and other high-volume, low-pressure tires). > Got my first flat last night while I was out for a short ride in the dark. > Close enough to home that I hoofed it the rest of the way and fixed the > flat inside the house. > > This was my first flat after about 500-600 miles of riding, which I guess > isn’t *that* bad. Guess my hopes were raised by Jan Heine’s blog post: > > The Grand Bois “Hetre” 650B x 42 mm tires are amazingly flat-proof for > most riders. I have had two flats in three years of urban riding on them. > It’s probably a combination of the width – less pressure means that the > tire can roll over debris without it cutting into the rubber – and perhaps > the tread profile. > > If you’re running GB Hetres, what is your experience with flats? > > --Eric Norris > Email: campyo...@me.com <javascript:> > Web: www.campyonly.com > Blog: http://campyonlyguy.blogspot.com > Twitter: @CampyOnlyGuy > Flickr: www.flickr.com/photos/campyonlyguy > > -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
