First question: On average, how many flats do you get while on a single tour?
During the winter Marathon Plus; none so far. During the summer more supple tires, about once in a 3000km/2000miles
Second question: How many tubes do you carry with you if you are using tubed tires and not tubeless?
Third question: How many spare tires do you carry?
Usually one narrow lightweight tire and tube combination that I can replace a flat with during a ride. I never replace only the tube for it can result in another flat if the sharp leftovers are not removed, which can be hard to spot. Replacing tube+tire costs almost same time as only the tube
Fourth question: Do you patch your flats or replace the tube or both?
When I have time and the weather is good I patch my tube at the side of the road. Else I replace everything as described above. When at home I fix the original tube and check the tire for sharp particles.
Fifth question: Do you do anything to the tire to beef up the flat protection built into the tire like use flat liners, and or a thorn resistant tube, and or sealants? Again only tube type tires not tubeless.
Marathon Plus during the winter, then I don't want to run flat on rides to work etc. The new versions run quite OK (the old versions were very slow). I used to use flat liners with mixed experience and tried sealants that didn't work so well for me. It seems they don't work in cold temperatures during the winter.
I use Schwalbe Marathon tires, inside of that I use a Panaracer FlatAway Kevlar liner, and a regular tube with no sealant. I then carry 1 spare tube, 1 spare tire, and a dozen patches and a tire boot patch.
Sounds good. Besides I think the extra liner is redundant, the Schwalbe Marathon is already quite much flat-resistant. Myself I use much more flat-prone tires during summer touring in Europe. And I don't find fixing a flat once in a while is a big problem, but that is personal of course
