Actually that would be the best test... I have been trying to work on cholesterol while still getting stronger.. Not much red meat, more chicken, more fish... What diet do you follow again BS?

 

Young Connoisseur - You'll learn quickly that even the most durable tires will go flat when you least expect it. I would consider picking up a spare tube, tire lever and CO2 cartridge (with the simple of head adapters) for your jersey pocket.

Vltasi - The weight savings are worth it but unless I start riding with a sag wagon full of spare wheels you'll never see me on tubies!!

 

Guys
If you ride often enough flats will happen. So far this year I have gotten three flats on tubies but I have ridden over 3000 miles. It's really not that big of a deal. My only discomfort is with riding on after I flat without having glued or taped my replacement. On sat I was close to home so I opted to call for a pick up.
Either way you go expect to get flats. If you eat fast food expect to get fat

 

Would you ever ride a steel frame anymore?

 

Not me. Never have. I'm on my 8th carbon fibre frame

 

I only ride 20miles up the a1a and worst case I'll get one of the 400 mexicans working on building the 50m homes to throw my bike in a truck and drive me home for 50$.

I've only got 1 flat mountain biking in very rocky terrain so I don't see how road biking it could be any more often than when they occur for me off road.

 

Only 1 flat mountain biking in what time period? When I was riding in Vegas I'd get a couple flats a month with tubes and after going tubeless I'd still need a new set of tires every season.

Road I dunno, but for sure I'd be nervous training on tubular and riding an unglued rim.

 

Almost 4 months since i've moved to FL. I ride at least 3x a week. Probally 3.5avg off road and 3 days on road. So 500miles and 1 flat. I burped my rear tire last weekend and lost probally 15psi in it but I nursed it back. I now run 30psi in the tubeless rears (29er) to help combat the burp factor for some of these rocks.

 

Tubeless rarely gets flats so that explains it. By its nature you can't get a pinch flat which is what you normally get in rocky areas.

 

Just spent $250 on gear. Damn this gets expensive.