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@lemonade
Goldsword, there is no reason to be getting very many punctures. You will be able to stop getting so many by changing your tires or pumping them up more. I know I will inevitably get one now I've said this, but since I changed to 28c vittoria randonneurs I've done 1000 miles that my cycle computer has recorded and probably about the same again before I got the computer. I've had zero punctures with these tyres - and I weigh 12 stone and am often carrying a lot of stuff around too (laptop, books, two big locks etc). These aren't even the most puncture resistant tyres around, I got them just cos they were very cheap, schwalbe marathon plus are even more resistant from what I've heard. Even if I puncture immediately after having said this, how on earth is a puncture every 2000 miles that big a deal?