@Amgine asks:

Q5a. Are there better/more robust/puncture-resistant #BicycleTires? Which would you use?

The tire liner I used back in the 80s looked vaguely like an over-sized rubber band, but turned the point of those thorns aside from the inner tube. Are there products like this you would recommend?

Q5b. And the evergreen discussion: ever tried run-flat tires?

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@ascentale
Q5: I use marathon (not plus) for my commuter and we have Tannus armour on the cargo bike

Another thing to look at maybe are airless tyres. Tannus makes some as well. Never tried them
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@InkySchwartz @ascentale @Amgine @bikenite this in an auto carrot :)

Tannus armour it is

@InkySchwartz @jfparis @ascentale @Amgine @bikenite I'm suspicious of Tannus products since a work colleague had a wheel collapse running their solid "tyre". We could only conclude it de-tensioned the spokes which made the rim warp and wheel collapse. The wheel had done 1000s of km over a number of years. It failed after only 3 commutes (Peckham to The City) with the Tannus tyre on it which seemed too much of a coincidence.

@Pionir @InkySchwartz @jfparis @ascentale

Yes, and No.

Most metal 'fatigues' based on workcycles, and the predictability of failure becomes less consistent as it goes through its worklife. E.g. stainless steel is not a particularly strong class of alloys, but it is **very** predictable for known loads for a known period of time; after which it can fail catastrophically with no warning.

It is likely the Tannus product put higher stresses on the wheel. But the wheel also was not new.

@Amgine @Pionir @InkySchwartz @ascentale You definitely need lower pressure with the Armour on.