Re: Ebay prices

Frank Krygowski <frkrygow@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

On 4/9/2025 11:38 AM, Roger Merriman wrote:

 
But BigApple tyres are have a fairly robustly construction, so tend to
shrug off glass and so on attacks, generally needs something significant to
defeat them, such as nail which I could hear tapping as I rolled along, and
that the tyre was slowly loosing pressure.
 
Ie no need to try to find the culprit it’s always very obvious! I think I’d
be slightly embarrassed for the bike if it was punctured by just a bit of
wire!
 
Nice supple road tyres are obviously somewhat different, the old school
roadie has generally coped though it’s tyres are training/commute focused
than summer rubber though does show signs of some minor slashes, probably
from glass, as it’s route does include the flyover if not the underpass.

 
It seems obvious that thicker tread rubber would be less susceptible to
flats.
 
The remark about "nice supple" tires leads me to ask: Does anyone have
direct experience with the "supple" tires Jan Heine sells? I suspect
they are made in the same factory that produces the Paselas I usually
use. If so, what exactly are the differences? Is thinner tread rubber
one of them? Perhaps finer casing thread? What else?
 
I'd love to see cutaway cross sections comparing his tires with Paselas,
and perhaps with other brands and models.
 
 

Reputation for being expensive supple and tyres that puncture! So that
rather depends on your use case!

For road where unless commuting etc, punctures are relatively low, back in
the day I’d average 1 or 2 a year.

On the Gravel bike it’s much more prone hence the move to tubeless.

I’d note that the Big Apples are for their type on the supple side as the
sidewalls are fairly lightweight which is absolutely fine, I average same
amount of punctures with them as with the Marathon pluses but the bike
feels much better to ride!

Roger Merriman