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Old 10-19-17, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Sharpshin
I'm a teacher, late for work for me means I have 25 kids piled up outside my classroom door when the bell rings. I try to leave myself an extra 20 minutes on the ride in in case of a flat but that doesn't always happen. So I'm all about no flats.
Same here, except my students are older and may be sticking sharp things in people's mouths if I'm late!

I haven't had a flat since I changed to Schwalbe Marathon Plus tires a few years ago. In the snowy part of the year (Chicago) I use Marathon Winters and had some problems with flats caused by internal stud wear. Solved with "Mr. Tuffy" tire liners, and no flats now for several years. Knock wood!
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