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Tires

Originally Posted by kingston
I run the extralights on my long distance bikes which run 700x32 & 38c tires, and they are as good as everyone says. I buy them three at a time and it really pains me to see the bill for $250 for three tires, but I haven't found a 32 or 38c tire that I'd rather use for randonneuring. I don't really keep track of mileage, but I would guess a rear tire lasts 2-3,000k and a front tire double that.
Good to know. I've got a little under a thousand miles on a set of Bon Jon's in the standard casing on a bike I do gravel and touring on. Love them. I try to be pretty careful, but know I've ridden over debris with them and no ill effects. Ditto for the extralite 32's on another gravel/road bike. I've been less lucky on the extralite 28's...two flats in the last month with only a few hundred on them. I'm hoping I don't repeat that too often, but suspect that supple casing I enjoy so much is a bit of a magnet for pointy bits when its in a smaller package like the 28's.
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