Vittoria Randonneur tire

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Anyone have the Vittoria Randonneur tire? What's your flat frequency??

After 3 flats in one week due to (1) goathead (2) nail that I didn't see and (3) glass that I didn't see because it was dark AND a now-sliced tire from flat 3, I am in the market for some new 32c tires for the Bob Jackson. I was thinking about getting some 'cross tires since I plan (note that I say "plan") to ride as much as I can this winter. But the Vittoria Randonneur tire is billed as a tougher-than-average tire as far as flat resistance goes. It has reflective sidewalls, too, which is a feature that I like.

But I wonder if for winter I'd be better off with a 'cross tire (that is, better off with a little more beef)?

(BTW, 2 of the flats were with Slime tubes. I'm done with Slime tubes.)

[Grog]

I was going to get a pair of those Randonneurs but now I'm not so tempted.

My other idea is a pair of Schwalbe Marathon...

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Oh, I reread my original post and see that I was not clear...

I'm thinking about getting the Vittoria Randonneur, but I'm also thinking about a cyclocross tire. I have some old old "cross" tires on there now, but they are not cyclocross tires like one sees today.

I did pick up a set of Panaracer Crosstowns today, very similar to the Vittoria. I'm not going to mount them just yet; I'll probably hit a different LBS tomorrow to see what they have.

So if you have experience with the Vittoria or the Panaracer, let's hear it!

[7rider]

We have Vittoria Randonneur's on DH's flat bar road bike (well, not now...now it has Ritchey 'cross tires on it in preparation for a rail trail ride I'm doing with the bike). We've had the Vittoria's now since the bike was new...2004. Granted, the bike doesn't see a whole lot of action, but (knocking furiously on wood here), we've never gotten one flat on the bike. (Hoo, boy. I just jinxed myself now!). After my ride with the 'cross tires, we'll put the Randonneurs back on for the winter of road riding.
So...no problems with them. Like them fine.

[Jiffer]

I don't know if this is much help, but I just put the Vittoria Open Corsa EVO CX tires on my bike. My dh has had them on his for a while and really likes them. He, too, was looking for something that would give him less flats, only he still wanted performance. When I needed new tires, he told me to get the same thing he had. I'm not sure how different this tire is from the Randonneur, but them are my two cents!