Carried my bike 2 miles: was it unnecessary?

[gaijintendo]

Had a flat on my fixie 2 miles from work. I haven't really thought about carrying a spanner along with me..

I wasn't especially worried about the wheels, but I imagined pushing it a couple of miles would chew the tyre sidewalls of the Luganos.

Am I a chump? A couple of people looked at me like I was a bit weird for letting s bicycle ride me.

 

[arch684]

What else did you not think of carrying,pump tyre levers spare tube etc?

 

[gaijintendo]

What else did you not think of carrying,pump tyre levers spare tube etc?

I have all those things in my saddle bag. I have only recently stopped riding a bike with quick release wheels for my bike. The fixie was an experiment that stuck.

 

[vickster]

You do need to add a spanner to the bag. And money for a taxi. And better tyres, I don't think Luganos are especially puncture proof. I would have just pushed the bike, as I've done on occasion to no ill effect

 

[rrarider]

If I didn't have a repair kit, then pushing the bike wouldn't have worried me at all.

 

[PeteXXX]

You don’t even need a spanner. If you can find the hole in the tyre/tube, just pop that part of the tyre off the rim and patch it up.

Providing you have levers and patches....

 

[Oldfentiger]

You can mend a puncture without removing the wheel.

 

[gaijintendo]

You do need to add a spanner to the bag. And money for a taxi. And better tyres, I don't think Luganos are especially puncture proof. I would have just pushed the bike, as I've done on occasion to no ill effect

Yeah, I grabbed then for buttons to make up an order, and the bike was the cheapest on Gumtree when I wanted to try out fixed gear - but you could see the tyre weft between the threads. I hadn't intended on using it as much.

I will keep an eye out for something a bit more robust...

You don’t even need a spanner. If you can find the hole in the tyre/tube, just pop that part of the tyre off the rim and patch it up.

Providing you have levers and patches....

You can mend a puncture without removing the wheel.

Oh... Yeah... That's probably the way to play it.

Let's imagine that I had no kit, is it unlikely I would have damaged wheels or tyres?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

I would have slowly ridden the two miles.

 

[Jody]

You carried the bike or pushed it with a flat tyre? I can see why you got funny looks if you carried it two miles.

I would have slowly ridden the two miles.

On the rim?

 

[Deleted member 1258]

You carried the bike or pushed it with a flat tyre? I can see why you got funny looks if you carried it two miles.



On the rim?

Yes on the flat tyre.

 

[Jody]

Yes on the flat tyre.

Knacker the tyre and potentially damage the rim. Not something I would do.

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Knacker the tyre and potentially damage the rim. Not something I would do.

I've done it two or three times over the years I've been riding and I've yet to knacker a tyre or damage a rim.

 

[confusedcyclist]

You can mend a puncture without removing the wheel.

IF you can find the puncture.

 

[Smokin Joe]

IF you can find the puncture.

Put some air in the tyre and listen for where it is escaping. If you can't hear it then the puncture is slow enough for you to inflate and probably get home, or at least a considerable distance.