Which Tyres?

What's to say any other tyre wouldn't have flatted? The fact you were riding Paves indicates that conditions were perhaps ripe for flats.

Durano Plus in 23mm. Think of the extra rolling resistance as free training.

There is no free training.

Your a free training

I think that was satire

Your a satire

Quagmire.

Should have bought a red bike.

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Lol.

I did 15,000 miles puncture free on paves.

Love them.

I did 15,000 miles puncture free on paves.

I did once 5 feet puncture free on a set of Conti Sprinters. Did also 1000s of km without a problem on Sprinters. Flats are karma but 25K km on a set of tyres? Indrajala?

@skinny never said one set.

Yeah 3 pairs i think in that time.

Veloflex are amazing, but do keep an eye on the sidewalls. My Reynolds seem to have cut into them and bulged out on the last set I had. Previous sets were absolutely fine until the tread wore out, rode them all winter too without too many punctures

Veloflex recommend not to use their clinchers with carbon rims because of the risk of sidewall damage.

Veloflex now come with a warning that they are not to be used with carbon clinchers, specifically because of that.

There were reported cases of people suffering blowouts, after the carbon had cut through the sidewall.

[too slow]

Depends on the rim I guess, some carbon rims don't have such a sharp edge, but guess they need to cover their backs.
I only had problems with two tyres and it was very obvious something wasn't right so just binned them and put a new one on.
Only tyres I've had catastrophic sidewall fails on have been Schwalbe Luganos

I thought I would post this here. I mentioned it in the Gumwalls thread a couple of weeks ago.

I bought some Challenge Strada 25mm tyres about two months ago. They were in near new condition, having only done no more than 200-300 miles. The tread is in great condition. In the past 6 weeks I have had between 8-10 flats, four on the front and about five or six on the back. This is on a bike I use only on weekends, not for commuting. Seriously, I do not know what is up with these tyres. I've never had this many from a set of tyres. The Grand Prix Classics I use on my commuter have had one in the past 6-8 months.

One of the flats was while I wasn't even on the bike, just pushing it, and then tonight I was laying in bed, heard a pop, and the thing just instantly deflate. It's a shame, because when they work, they feel great to ride on. I have heard others say they haven't had problems with them, but it's getting beyond a joke now. Time for new tyres me thinks.

Where are the tubes puncturing? In the same place? Inside or outside of the tube?

It doesn't sound like the tyre is at fault, if the tubes are spontaneously bursting.

The majority are from small bits of glass, all over, inside the tube, it's not from pinch flats. I have been using different brand inner tubes as well. Once, maybe twice was in the wet, which I can understand, but all others where in the dry. I always check the pressure before a ride as well.

Tonight's, I just looked was around the valve, so didn't have to do with the tyres. But even so, still way too many for a set of tyres.

Depends on the rim I guess, some carbon rims don't have such a sharp edge, but guess they need to cover their backs.

Full carbon rims and clincher tyres are-- and I know a lot of people here will scream-- not a good combination. There are just too many fundamental issues.. and why? Tubular tyres make so much more sense. The rims can be made stronger and lighter. The tyres are lighter, more reliable and provide a much better interface to the rim. The art of gluing tyres on carbon rims too has been pretty much well explored and poses not much of a problem as it did for some mechanics 20+ years ago. Why bother with clinchers? They might be fine for touring but then carbon is not (riding on a flat tubular tyre with a carbon rim is generally a very poor idea).. So sure.. some carbon clincher rims will abrade the sidewalls of tyres.. have more limits on max. pressures, some rim horns may crack during tyre installment, some may distort under heat, ride a lot rougher, etc etc. etc. and they cost a lot more (even the noname Chinese jobs).. But I think anyone who has selected clincher+carbon has done so accepting these, another, "side effects".

But even so, still way too many for a set of tyres.

Its surely partly karma.. but can also be the tyre design too. I, for example, have nothing good to say about Continental Giro tyres. Beyond the observation that they were heavy and did not ride that nicely, they seemed to get defects at the drop of a hat (and I had a case of them so it was not limited to just a limited experience).. Construction and materials do seem to make a difference in reliability and I've found heavy does not always equal robust.

Why?

Carbon clinchers are faster. My use case is TT race wheels so there ends the discussion.

Done about 1000miles on gravel kings, just cleaning my bike and noticed centre file tread on the rear is almost gone, with a small cut, that has now been filled. Looking around Clement Strada Lgg 28mm can be had for 47/pair, any reason not to?

They're not that good.

You can still ride your gravel king if it's just the tread in the middle gone smooth

Yeah gonna ride em til they die, was just lookin for next set. Any recommendations for 28mm with a bit of tread, without breaking the bank?

27c pave?