Best puncture resistant road bike tyres...

[fossyant]

Maybe they’ve updated it but I found the Durano Plus very wooden feeling in 2013 or so when I ran them.

They are but they roll OK. They were the only road tyre that stood up to the Fallowfield Loop Glass. Cut up Michelin Lithion and Conti 4 Seasons badly. The Duranos had tonnes of cuts but no punctures. They were definitely slower than 4 Seasons.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

They are but they roll OK. They were the only road tyre that stood up to the Fallowfield Loop Glass. Cut up Michelin Lithion and Conti 4 Seasons badly. The Duranos had tonnes of cuts but no punctures. They were definitely slower than 4 Seasons.

I think the tyre depends on whether it’s a commute and in town where glass and other crap might regularly be encountered vs. bike mostly ridden in lanes and glass / objects that puncture rarely encountered.

 

[ianrauk]

i tried durano plus and found them a pig to get off the rims when i did get a puncture

Strange isn't it. I can get them off my rims without any bother. (Spa Wheelset)

 

[mjr]

Thus out in the lanes, unless it’s hedge trimming season, or your tyres are down to the carcass, you’re pretty unlikely to get a puncture.

Or you ride country lanes in an area with lots of arrowhead flints or other deflating hazards

 

[Ming the Merciless]

maybe , that tyre gider thing that is supposed to make it easier

Tried tyre glider on Marathon winters (studded) last winter. The tyre glider snapped.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Or you ride country lanes in an area with lots of arrowhead flints or other deflating hazards

If I was a masochist …

 

[cyberknight]

I think the tyre depends on whether it’s a commute and in town where glass and other crap might regularly be encountered vs. bike mostly ridden in lanes and glass / objects that puncture rarely encountered.

Or you ride country lanes in an area with lots of arrowhead flints or other deflating hazards

My commute basically , country lanes and a cycle path covered in all sorts of debris .The record is 3 flats in under 2 miles.

 

[cyberknight]

Never tried it, took me a while but I eventually figured out that pushing the tyre lever away from me rather than pulling it towards me made getting tyres off much easier - reliably easy in fact, and having watched the old Spa cycles video for Marathon+ tyres I can usually get them on without a tyre lever being needed at all.

i need at least 2 levers even for easy tyres , the joys of arthritis .

 

[mjr]

i need at least 2 levers even for easy tyres , the joys of arthritis .

I usually use levers (carefully) on most tyres but after years of people telling me it should be possible with hands alone, I thought I had done well putting some tyres back on without levers. Then my left thumb ballooned up to double size and it was a trip to the walk-in Minor Injuries Unit, a week with thumb immobilised in a support, a load of painkillers and an instruction not to do that again!

Do what works for you. Don't be brow-beaten into doing something your hands can't.

 

[biking_fox]

One trick for M+ is to work the bead a bit before you try to remove the tyre. Because you're doing so seldom I find it 'sets' in place. So I go around with a lever and just stretch it a bit allowing it to return to the rim, and then the next pass around properly lift it off.

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Get M+ then if you don't care about extra rolling resistance.
With any tyre though, a regular inspection and removal of embedded glass and flint helps prevent punctures. Sounds like from your OP you maybe hadn't done this.

Yup - late last year I inspected my Marathon on the back wheel and removed abotu 10 hawthorn thorns - some quite long

The Marathons had done their job

Just to be silly - I also put Slime (or some other version of goo) in the inner tube as well
Only things that has got through that combination was a 2 inch screw through the side wall when riding on a cycle lane through an industrial estate
and a sharp spike of metal that probably would have cut through pure metal

 

[Ming the Merciless]

One trick for M+

Is a large hammer and a chisel

 

[PaulSB]

maybe , that tyre gider thing that is supposed to make it easier to get tyres on and off never worked on my rims

That was a great bit of marketing from someone. Design a new tyre lever, tell everyone how brilliant it is, flog for a fiver or whatever...........and disappear.

Mine is still waiting to be used in anger.

 

[Exlaser2]

Marathon Plus are pretty much fit and forget. But as people say, a pain to get on and off the rims.
I've used Durano Plus for many years.

Another vote for this combo .

Marathon Plus on my commuter bike as they really are fit and forget . But they are a little hard to fit depending on the rims .
And Durano Plus on my other road bikes ( and on my wife and daughter road bikes ) , as they are lighter and faster but still give some serious puncture protection. I cannot recommend them enough. I have never had any problem getting them on and off my Mavic and Zonda wheels either . 😀

 

[Dogtrousers]

That was a great bit of marketing from someone. Design a new tyre lever, tell everyone how brilliant it is, flog for a fiver or whatever...........and disappear.

Mine is still waiting to be used in anger.

I think I lost mine before I got a chance to try it out.