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Has anyone else punctured a Marathon Plus?

A pretty dodgy day in the saddle saw my bike get home via the train. After being harassed by a truck on an empty road this morning, which resulted in a formal police complaint (and some minor action taken) I ended up with a puncture at the start of the trip home in my rear Schwalbe Marathon Plus.

Not having the equipment (or the patience) to sort that on the side of the road saw me carry the bike a few kms to a train station for a lift home.

Was this just a mega bad day for me, or have other people punctured SMP's?

I only have 2500km on them.

It was a thin nail type thing.

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Permalink Reply by Lauren on September 22, 2012 at 1:27am

I have. It happens. I cannot remember the cause. 

Permalink Reply by noelbike on September 22, 2012 at 8:10am

Bill it was a mega bad day.

There are some things that get through but very very few.

Permalink Reply by Davidtcr on September 22, 2012 at 8:41am
I have punctured them, but only with something like a nail. It has to be a pretty bad day when you do puncture one though :(
Permalink Reply by Paul on September 22, 2012 at 11:06am

Yes, I have punctured my SMPs three times. Twice it was a building tack, and the third it was a large piece of glass with a needle like point on it.

I should point out, however, that 3 punctures in 4 years is not bad! My current set of SMPs, according to BikeJournal:-

700 x 28C Schwalbe Marathon Plus, front, 9,338 km (no punctures)
700 x 28C Schwalbe Marathon Plus, rear, 8,274 km (1 puncture)

 

Permalink Reply by kirby on September 22, 2012 at 3:06pm
No tried real hard though
Permalink Reply by Adrian Carter on September 22, 2012 at 10:48pm

Only once. Rainy night, very sharp piece of glass, tyre pretty worn down - though not yet down to the blue kevlar.

 

Permalink Reply by Jasesly on September 22, 2012 at 11:25pm

sorry to hear about the bad day...just make sure you go out and have a good one tomorrow. 

and in answer to the question. yes 

large piece of glass, conical shape. 

I had seen the glass and opted to ride through it as the other option was to swerve into the path of bus just behind me. I thought at the time will have to check that when i stop...then didn't

half way up the first hill on my journey home that afternoon it got pushed it through the blue stuff. I'd probably ridden about 20k's with it wedged into the wheel before it got through to the tube. If i'd checked the tyres when i got to work like i thought i should, i would've been ok. 

Permalink Reply by Jay on September 23, 2012 at 9:30am

It was a pop rivet that punctured mine. They were pretty worn down though - lots of blue showing.

Permalink Reply by Neil Alexander on September 23, 2012 at 7:07pm

That looks like a teensy-weensy little samurai sword!

Now why would a teensy-weensy little samurai leave that lying around on the road??

Permalink Reply by Michael O'Reilly on September 23, 2012 at 9:34am
I'm thinking any tire can puncture, depending on what you hit.
What was the deal with the truck? What did the police do?
Permalink Reply by Samuel Russell on September 23, 2012 at 3:15pm

Long slivers of wet glass.  Also the years old tyre pushing a broken bead through its own side wall.  I'm okay with this.

Permalink Reply by Paul Martin on September 23, 2012 at 5:07pm

They are about as puncture 'resistant' as you can get but that doesn't mean they're puncture proof (I'm not aware of any pneumatic bike tyres that are, actually) and if you're going to get a puncture with them, it is going to be from something long & sharp. Sounds like you just had a dreadful day.

I hope today was better!

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