Try Specialized All Weathers, same tech but not as many layers of belt. Still, great mileage. I've gotten 2500, 3000 miles from 'em.
John Forbes
2126 NE 12th Ave.
Portland, OR 97212
503-331-6658
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From: Roger Joys<mailto:roger-@speakeasy.net>
To: OBRA<mailto:ob-@topica.com>
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [OBRA Chat] flat-proof tires?
I've used 700x23 Armadillos on the road and have had more than one pair wear out at 4-6k miles with no flats. I've definately gotten flats on others, but the tires are pretty bomb proof.
I stopped using then whem I could no longer get a foldable version.
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From: Evan MacKenzie [mailto:eva-@ci.hillsboro.or.us]
Sent: Friday, December 2, 2005 08:17 PM
To: 'OBRA'
Subject: [OBRA Chat] flat-proof tires?
None that I know of.
But I can tell you all, I put a set of Specialized?s Hemisphere Armadillo tires (big heavy 26 x 1.95 street tires) on my townie and put more than 6,000 miles on them with only three flats. And then I put them on another bike, still with usable tread, and sold it. I figure if I had kept them I could have gotten 8,000 miles out of those tires easy.
E
Evan MacKenzie<>
Urban Planner I
City of Hillsboro
150 E. Main Street, 4th floor
Hillsboro, OR 97123
503-681-6154
eva-@ci.hillsboro.or.us<mailto:eva-@ci.hillsboro.or.us>
http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Planning_Department/<http://www.ci.hillsboro.or.us/Planning_Department/>
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