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    If bike tyres were as heavy as car tyres, they wouldn't puncture so often.
    – user_1818839
    Commented Jun 28, 2020 at 20:50
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    It should probably be noted that just a couple decades earlier, car tires were far more likely to puncture - probably a combination of better roads, better tire materials, better puncture protection (e.g. many car tires have steel protection nowadays), maybe even cleaner roads, thicker and wider tires... Back when I was a kid, every driver had plenty of experience changing a punctured tire. Nowadays, many cars don't even have a lever to lift the car up (though part of that is probably that people will call for assistance anyway, rather than trying to fix their car).
    – Luaan
    Commented Jun 30, 2020 at 7:43
  • Not directly an answer to your question, but there is quite a range of quality of bike tires. So far I have had good experiences with tires from schwalbe that are designed to be more resistant to punctures - so if you have frequent issues I recommend looking into that!
    – flawr
    Commented Jun 30, 2020 at 9:15
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    I had punctures about once every month until I switched to the Schwalbe puncture protected tires. (No affiliation, just happy.)
    – AndreKR
    Commented Jun 30, 2020 at 10:57
  • Wow, 5 punctures in 20,000 km is pretty good. I get about 3 punctures every 2,000 km.
    – copper.hat
    Commented Jul 1, 2020 at 4:25