Ming the Merciless
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Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
- Location
- Inside my skull
Just like to point out I’ve been running some tubeless Michelin Powercup tyres for 4099 miles so far without a puncture. You don’t need tyres built like a tank to avoid punctures.
mjr
Comfy armchair to one person & a plank to the next
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We haven't all got the slaves of Mongo sweeping the road ahead, sadly! 😉
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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They have, I've been using them for about the last 15 years. They used to feel pretty dead but over the years they've improved them. They have now been replaced by Pro One Plus.
I agree. But I do understand that some people do like the fit and forget style of Marathon Plus.
Dogtrousers
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+1 for Durano Plus.
I don't think they offer Marathon Plus levels of protection, but they are pretty darn good. Here's a picture of a nail that entered my Durano Plus tyre, but didn't puncture the tube.
I don't think they offer Marathon Plus levels of protection, but they are pretty darn good. Here's a picture of a nail that entered my Durano Plus tyre, but didn't puncture the tube.
Dogtrousers
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These are what I use at the moment, tubeless, and - aside from one stupid self inflicted incident involving wrongly fitted brakes that wore through the tyre - I've done 1000s of km without a problem. In the same time under similar conditions on Durano Plus I would have expected to have had maybe a couple of punctures. Whether the faff of fitting and maintaining tubeless outweighs the faff of changing a tube at the roadside is something I think we've done to death elsewhere.
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cyberknight
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i tried durano plus and found them a pig to get off the rims when i did get a puncture , a good 10 mins luckily in the bike shed at work.Had this been on the road on late shift when its cold , dark and pissing it down it wouldnt have been fun.
My goto tyre nowdays for commuting are zaffiro pros which i can change pretty quick so my hands dont get too cold and they have had less flats than the old gators.
I carry a pair of thin work/utility gloves so i dont get my hands dirty and keeps them warm enough too as i have reynauds as well.
something like these
https://www.thesafetysupplycompany....Il_vchY2OigMVXZFQBh35vi6oEAQYCCABEgIeHvD_BwE#
Dogtrousers
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This will be down to the rim/tyre combo. When using D+ I've generally found them easy to remove and could even fit them without using levers. And I'm not one of those clever-clogs who has a brilliant technique for fitting tyres. I guess I got lucky with my rims and you didn't.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
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indeed , i found its as much luck as anything else .
maybe , that tyre gider thing that is supposed to make it easier to get tyres on and off never worked on my rims
Ming the Merciless
There is no mercy
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I think there’s something about not riding in the gutter where all the crap is. Plus for me, most punctures seem to have been in a town where I’ve picked up some glass. 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.
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.
