Dwn
Senior Member
Most of my cycling is done in and around Glasgow. For these trips I don’t carry an inner tube or patches, since I can either walk home or get on a train with the bike if something goes wrong. I can then repair or replace the tube in the comfort of home.
For longer day trips with my wife I carry patches and two spare inner tubes. I carry both, since she’s fairly new to cycling and I don’t want to burden her with carrying bags. I’m trying to cut down on both volume and weight of what I carry, and had wondered about lightweight inner tubes for emergencies. I know from another thread on this forum that Tubolitos are regarded with some scepticism, but they do seem to meet the low volume / light weight test.
Since they would be strictly for emergencies I’m not too worried about the price, and have no real interest in claimed performance benefits (I’m too slow to notice any gains). I also appreciate that two inner tubes aren’t exactly hideous loads, but for leisure cycling I prefer to travel light. I have an elephant bike for the days I have more to carry
Has anyone used these or alternatives as emergency spares?
thanks
For longer day trips with my wife I carry patches and two spare inner tubes. I carry both, since she’s fairly new to cycling and I don’t want to burden her with carrying bags. I’m trying to cut down on both volume and weight of what I carry, and had wondered about lightweight inner tubes for emergencies. I know from another thread on this forum that Tubolitos are regarded with some scepticism, but they do seem to meet the low volume / light weight test.
Since they would be strictly for emergencies I’m not too worried about the price, and have no real interest in claimed performance benefits (I’m too slow to notice any gains). I also appreciate that two inner tubes aren’t exactly hideous loads, but for leisure cycling I prefer to travel light. I have an elephant bike for the days I have more to carry
Has anyone used these or alternatives as emergency spares?
thanks