Puncture resistant tires

After two flats in three days--1st the front wheel and then the back) I am thinking about upgrading to some puncture resistant tires. I ride a Trek Belleville WSD with Bontrager H2 Eco Design 700/35c tires.  I commute to work daily, and use my bike for transportation.  The environmentally responsible tires are super cool, but the truly eco-friendly thing is to be out on my bike as much as possible--I can't be worried about flats.  I do all the things you are supposed to do, watch for shiny stuff, avoid the shoulder, ride as far left as safe. I also keep my tires well inflated.

 

Does anyone have any recommendations?  I did a search for puncture resistant tires on the forum and I found a brief mention of Amadillo tires. Are these a good option for me?  Thanks for your help!

 


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Permalink Reply by Barry Niel Stuart on April 25, 2011 at 10:27am
I'm running Continental Contacts onn my Jamis Aurora.  So far no problems with flats in spite of finding glass around various Milwaukee streets.
Permalink Reply by Moc Artsy on April 25, 2011 at 11:14am
Different tires on different bikes, but I haven't had a flat in I don't know how long. More than a year. Great experiences with the following: Continental City Ride 700x32; Vittoria Randonneurs 700x28; Specialized All Conditions and Armadillos 700 x28; and Continental Ultra Sport 27 x 1 1/8". I have NEVER had a flat on my utility bike in 5 years. It runs cheap Forte 26 x 1.5 " kevlar tires with puncture resistant tubes.
Permalink Reply by Mike Zumwalt on April 25, 2011 at 1:51pm

A Continental "city ride" on the front and a similar type on the back.

Both are punture resitant touting a 5 mm thick road contact seam and I have puncture liners and in 15 years of riding a Trek mountain bike through Detroit, NYC, Columbus Ohio downstate Illinois and Chicago I've gotten 2 flats from the road and one from a Hawthorne tree near the skate park.

 

I've worn out tires and the last one had the inner tube actually pop out through the tire and then go flat. Quite a few side wall flats. Haters.

Permalink Reply by Joe Studer 8.0 mi on April 25, 2011 at 3:23pm
+1 on the Schwalbe Marathons.  I used to count on getting a flat at least once a month, if not once a week.  No flats yet (knock on wood) since putting on the Schwable Marathons, with more than a year and 5000+ miles on the set.  About to switch to a new pair.
Permalink Reply by Hector on April 25, 2011 at 5:24pm

I also use Schwalbe's puncture resistant plus thorn resistant inner tubes. Haven't had a flat in... honestly can't remember.

Permalink Reply by Sue Clark on April 26, 2011 at 3:27am
I was getting a lot of back tire flats last year until I put on an armadillo (700x25, I think). Also have armadillos on my mountain bike; when I was in California I'd get flats from foxtail grass on that one, until I changed the tires.

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