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presta

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I will remember that thank you.
Sometimes another option is to pump & ride, you can get a lot of miles out of each inflation if the puncture is slow enough. Make your decision before you pull the debris out though, as it will only get faster once you unplug the hole.
 
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All uphill

Still rolling along
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Somerset
An "all the gear no idea" merchant then. Obviously not someone who's been riding bikes since they were a small kid and had to learn to sort problems like punctures out themselves. I never cease to be amazed by the ineptitude and lack of common sense in some so-called grown-ups.
The OP in this thread takes it to another level. Like some others, I don't tend to carry puncture repair kits if I'm only going a couple of miles down the road. I take my chances and accept the walk of shame if the Fairy comes calling. But if I'm going somewhere that will take me over an hour to walk back from, then I take a pump and a patch kit. To not have any means of fixing a puncture on a 50 mile ride is utterly moronic, and frankly the OP deserved to have to walk it to learn their lesson. Expecting one's other half, or a friend, to drive 50 miles to collect some muppet with no common sense from a situation of their own making, which was entirely foreseeable, is highly inconsiderate.
Sounds like you learnt about preparing for a cycle journey early, John. Some of us learnt much later in life. Some people seem to have difficulty learning at all.
 

Mike_P

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Location
Harrogate
Small claims court fee is at least £25 so not financially worth going down that route. Just how much was the cycle path covered by clippings? Why did you not stop or seek to avoid them? Why did you not have a puncture kit and spare inner tube? Punctures can be caused even on what appears to be a perfectly clean surface, one I had recently was caused by a very thin piece of metal rod invisible on the road surface.
I have an ebike and struggling to understand how it makes it that harder to fix a puncture especially if you take the battery off to lighten the bike for flipping over?
Why do you feel the need to criticize everyone who questions you?
Did you join the forum just to be a:wacko:?
 
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Wyn Davies

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Small claims court fee is at least £25 so not financially worth going down that route. Just how much was the cycle path covered by clippings? Why did you not stop or seek to avoid them? Why did you not have a puncture kit and spare inner tube? Punctures can be caused even on what appears to be a perfectly clean surface, one I had recently was caused by a very thin piece of metal rod invisible on the road surface.
I have an ebike and struggling to understand how it makes it that harder to fix a puncture especially if you take the battery off to lighten the bike for flipping over?
Why do you feel the need to criticize everyone who questions you?
Did you join the forum just to be a:wacko:?
I don't criticize people who are poilte just one rude one .
 

carpenter

Veteran
Location
suffolk
Hedge trimming sounds quite reasonable - around here someone has been flailing hedges, hell of a mess and it can't be good for the plants or wildlife (let alone bike tyres).
Seems to me flailing has become the cheapest option and sod the consequences.
 

Tiger10

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Nr warwick
Hedge trimming sounds quite reasonable - around here someone has been flailing hedges, hell of a mess and it can't be good for the plants or wildlife (let alone bike tyres).
Seems to me flailing has become the cheapest option and sod the consequences.
It is the cheapest option. I have a few miles of hedge cutting to do.....perhaps you are interested to do it by hand @ £20 × 100m. 🤣
 
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