tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post1426196435634442876..comments2024-03-27T12:53:39.298+01:00Comments on A view from the cycle path: Avoiding puncturesDavid Hembrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-7645893595881047512008-12-11T07:37:00.000+01:002008-12-11T07:37:00.000+01:00I second the Schwalbe Marathon recommendation. I'v...I second the Schwalbe Marathon recommendation. I've been using them for a year and a half, since I got my Azor, and not had a puncture once. <BR/><BR/>I did skid and fall when turning at high speed across a patch of ice I hadn't noticed, but it was a very flat and smooth, fairly large frozen puddle that would have posed problems to any tires on any bike, I imagine. I also did slip a bit when Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14347472914588295623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-53238705833738641322008-11-28T15:47:00.000+01:002008-11-28T15:47:00.000+01:00It depends how you ride. I occasionally have raced...It depends how you ride. I occasionally have raced (<A HREF="http://hembrow.blogspot.com/2008/09/racing-again.html" REL="nofollow">though not very successfully</A>) and once took a good chunk out of my posterior on the Eastway track in London in the wet due to having rather less traction than I'd hoped for. As such I'm a bit worried by tyres which don't give good traction in the wet.<BR/><BR/>I'mDavid Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-40512418189357079752008-11-28T15:40:00.000+01:002008-11-28T15:40:00.000+01:00I have not had any problems in that regard. Though...I have not had any problems in that regard. Though if when you are turning a Corner in the Wet then is the Time when you could skid. I do not go very fast on this Bike that causes me to skid. I have Skidded on the Brompton going around a Corner in the Wet on the Ordinary Brompton Tyres,but managed to stay upright. On a Hybrid Bike I have Skidded a few times in the Wet on conventional Tyres,It isAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-7626607355118210842008-11-27T18:24:00.000+01:002008-11-27T18:24:00.000+01:00You're right. The Schwalbe Marathon is also a very...You're right. The <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QT1ISI?ie=UTF8&tag=davihemb-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B000QT1ISI" REL="nofollow">Schwalbe Marathon</A> is also a very puncture proof tyre.<BR/><BR/>It's one of the favourite types that you'll see on hire bikes here, and I've never yet seen a Dutch hire bike get a puncture.<BR/><BR/>I do have one David Hembrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14543024940730663645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3102538965694240940.post-42586527716644487502008-11-27T17:05:00.000+01:002008-11-27T17:05:00.000+01:00What about those Scwalbe Marathons with Kevlar Bel...What about those Scwalbe Marathons with Kevlar Belt Tyres. I have these on my Dutch Azor Work Cycles Bike, no Punctures so far after over a Year of having the Bike Touch Wood .l' homme au velohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17964877237998191937noreply@blogger.com