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I was thinking back the other day on a Roberts Lo-Pro that I had in the early 80s. It was used as my everyday bike. I got the bike from a serious racer, so it came to me with a real old skool tester set up of 19mm Conti Olympic Track tubular on the rear - the cream coloured one, and a very light silk on the front - can't remeber which one, now.
Anyway, I very rarely had any punctures - the bike was ridden every day all over town. The rear tub was worn down to the casing and still punctured very rarely. When it did, I did my own very lo-fi repairs. They cetainly punctured much, much less than my Gatorskin clinchers do, now. I guess the tubs where well mutured. So, I think a really good quality matured tubs should be very puncture proof.