You beat me to it. I can also attest to the effectiveness of Schwalbe Marathons. Great in all conditions, not too heavy, and puncture-proof as it gets. Additionally, the retro reflective stripe is incredible for night time visibility. Best in class everyday tire, easily.

Those tires look pretty slick, OP, I know money doesn’t grow on trees but please consider it as a safety measure.

I bought the bike used but the tires it came with are pretty pristine. Would hate to have to buy new ones already. If this becomes a regular occurrence, I might have to swap out at least the tire on the rear wheel though. I might also start carrying a patching kit and one of those electric mini bike pumps in my backpack

Also it looks like local shops don't stock 26 x 2.0

Best tires for the city, they say: slicks that puncture if you look at them wrong.

the only "they" possible here is the fixie community and you really have to stop listening them for a variety of reasons.

I rode a bike with mostly slick city tires for years without a single puncture, then I had incredibly shitty luck and in the span of a few months managed to hit like 6 glass shards. I just got this bike a few weeks ago

Best tires for the city are schwable marathons or continental contact plus. Slicks are nice for well paved roads with no trash, so no where.

not sustainable.

i empty mine regularly to collect the microplastics and use them for my 3d printer.

free filament baby

Microplastic is stored in the ballz

(bike nerds: is this because I'm using schrader tubes? my bigger tires seemed to hold better but they didn't need 60psi)

It's my anecdotal experience that schrader leaks more air at higher pressure than dunlop or presta but every other day seems like maybe you dinged your valves somewhere along the line or have a slow leak

My presta tubes need to be aired up every week, I think it's a consequence is higher pressure tubes (60-90psi)