Tires that roll well and are puncture resistant?

[prototoast]

Originally Posted by XXtwindad

Interesting.

Is it any better in Marin? The subtext of your response is that traditional road bikes with limited or standard (28c) tire clearance are ill suited for the Bay Area. Kind of hard to argue with that.

And just when I was getting back into rim brakes…

"Bay Area" is a big place, and the roads are very different.

There are the "urban" roads, which are an absolute mess, and the "good" roads where you're fine on anything.

There's no broken glass on Mount Diablo. When I lived in Palo Alto, I don't think I ever got a flat tire west of 280. In the dense parts of Oakland, lots of debris on the road, but Skyline/Pinehurst/Redwood Rd aren't a problem.