Hmm, I didn’t know that the puncture resistant tires were rougher. I guess that’s because they’re stiffer? That should feel the same as running higher pressure though, and most road bikes have ultra skinny tires that run at super high pressure, which I would have thought would be comparable (I’ve never ridden one of those bikes). I’m used to running my cars with as high a pressure as possible, because it’s much, much more efficient (significantly lower rolling resistance) at the cost of a bit of a rougher ride, and slightly reduced tire life. So for my bike I’m ok with that over always having anxiety about getting flats.
As dan points out, the bike lanes are atrocious for road debris as the sweepers seem to like to displace the road crap into the bike lanes (or miss them altogether allowing construction debris to accumulate - I’m looking at you, evolv1).
As dan points out, the bike lanes are atrocious for road debris as the sweepers seem to like to displace the road crap into the bike lanes (or miss them altogether allowing construction debris to accumulate - I’m looking at you, evolv1).