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@Goldsword
Well I get loads of punctures even with good quality tyres. These are usually caused by pieces of glass which seem to litter most of London's roads. I am getting so fed up of having to repair punctures every few days that I am seriously thinking about giving up cycling and getting a foot scooter instead.
I have used gatorskin tyres, swalbe tyres and armadillo tyres all of which seem to get one puncture after another. I did notice though that I had far fewer punctures when I used to ride a mountain bike, maybe because the rubber is much thicker on mountain bike tyres. But skinny road bike tyres seem to puncture all the time no matter what tyre you use.