Sure. But sooner or later you need new tyres, and changing flat tyres in the rain is tedious so it's worth at least considering paying extra to avoid it. (I used to commute on a route where I was getting several punctures a month. Eventually I gave up and got closed cell foam tyres (http://www.greentyre.com/eng/index2.php). They weren't very nice tyres, but they didn't puncture. I went back to pneumatic tyres after breaking a rim on a pothole, by which time I'd changed jobs and commuting route. (Given my weight, I probably should have been using wider tyres all along and the rim might not have broken if I had, but the pneumatic ones do have a better ride, lower rolling resistance, and better grip going over painted lines on the road (I never actually fell off with the GreenTyres, but they always felt a bit dodgy going over wide fresh lines). It's possible that they've improved in the years since though.)
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Date: 2004-06-04 03:38 am (UTC)(I used to commute on a route where I was getting several punctures a month. Eventually I gave up and got closed cell foam tyres (http://www.greentyre.com/eng/index2.php). They weren't very nice tyres, but they didn't puncture. I went back to pneumatic tyres after breaking a rim on a pothole, by which time I'd changed jobs and commuting route. (Given my weight, I probably should have been using wider tyres all along and the rim might not have broken if I had, but the pneumatic ones do have a better ride, lower rolling resistance, and better grip going over painted lines on the road (I never actually fell off with the GreenTyres, but they always felt a bit dodgy going over wide fresh lines). It's possible that they've improved in the years since though.)