Old School Tires

[Jacki]

My husband has a question. He wants to know why he could ride his old Schwinn when he was a kid, take it on trails and on long, long rides (20-30 miles, which seemed long at the time) and never have a flat, and the new tires seem to get them so easily.

What changed?

And can you still get those old tires?

I bought my road bike about a year ago and had several flats in no time. I was really frustrated because the previous 10 years i had been riding a mountain bike with no flats at all. But this past April, I found a really durable road tire - Continental's Ultra Gatorskin - It's a little more expensive, but well worth it. So far i've gone about 300 miles with it and no flats. - Jacki