Here is why I don't use Marathons: In a 600K ride, they would slow me down by at least an hour. If I were getting an average of 3 or more flats at that distance, maybe I would still consider them. But I get maybe 0.5 flats using faster tires (Challenge, Compass, GP4000S ...), and they ride so much better.
On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 9:33:47 PM UTC-8, dougP wrote: > > 3 flats in 22,000 miles is better than I do. I average about 1 per year, > and ride 4,000-5,000 miles per year. Usually a rear, & I am perfectly > content with that few problems. My best ever was a front that went 11,000 > miles without flatting. It was fairly worn but not shot when I figured it > had earned its keep. > > By contrast, a pair of Soma C-lines went about 3,000-4,000 miles with a > few flats (3? 4?). While they definitely were more comfortable, I'm back > on Marathons. I'll trade some comfort for longer life & lots fewer flats. > It's all about trade-offs. > > dougP > > On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 7:35:20 PM UTC-8, Mobile Bill wrote: >> >> It would be wrong to suggest that Marathons never flat. I just had my >> third flat, a slow leak ... in the course of riding 5 Marathons 22,000 >> miles on my Saluki (not sets of tires, but 5 tires). The tires I have on >> there probably have at least a couple of thousand left in them. I keep >> thinking I should replace them with something more clever. But getting this >> flat weirdly reminded me of why I'm reluctant to give them up. >> >> >> >> >> -- 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/d/optout.
