Gah! puncture repair fail

[musa]

The times ive forgotten my pump and thought oh crap

Then having to walk home from covert gardens to brixton was umm surreal

 

[Beebo]

Why not try flagging down a passing cyclist, I know that unless i was in a mad rush, which is very rare, I would happily stop if someone needed to borrow my pump.
When I stop to repair a puncture I usually get a few calls of "are you alright mate". I always say yes, but one time I may need their help.

 

[J.Primus]

I've never repaired a p*ncture by the side of the road. I always just put a new inner tube in. Apart from saving about £3 is there any advantage to repairing rather than replacing the inner tube.

 

[Stuart Tanner]

I always carry a spare tube,,, its just something I have always done and if I forgot my pump I would just sneak on a garage forecourt.
I also carry spare battery’s and tools as you never know.

 

[Leaway2]

I've never repaired a p*ncture by the side of the road. I always just put a new inner tube in. Apart from saving about £3 is there any advantage to repairing rather than replacing the inner tube.

I just feel a little "greener".

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Suprisingly, with all the small stones, glass, twigs, and leaves that I ride over on my commute, I rarely have a p*ncture. I havent had one since September.

The last time I mentioned I couldn't remember the last time I had a puncture, I got two in three days. You have cursed yourself.

 

[palinurus]

Still haven't found the pump, I stuffed the carbon dioxide inflator in the bag this morning. LBS on the way home, at least that way I know I'll find the pump.

 

[Kookas]

I've never repaired a p*ncture by the side of the road. I always just put a new inner tube in. Apart from saving about £3 is there any advantage to repairing rather than replacing the inner tube.

If you go on a longer journey, you don't have to carry 50 of them with you, you can just repair the one you've got and be on your way. Also, repair kits are smaller than an inner tube. I personally carry both.

 

[BlackPanther]

Got puncture on the way home, pretty rare event. Stopped, got wheel off, tube out, found the stone that caused it, got new tube out, rummaged around in bag for pump, rummaged some more, upended the bag and got everything out, put it all back in, rummaged around again just to be sure...

Walked the rest of the way. Still haven't found the pump, wonder how long it hasn't been in my bag?

Fool.

What's worse is when you take off the tyre, swap the tube, replace the tyre, find that the end is missing off your pump, ring the Missus, get a lift back home, go to work on the motorbike, get home, then find the end of the pump in the bottom of your pannier......makes you wonder how the pump end can unscrew itself whilst sat in the pannier?

 

[HLaB]

Lol, I started at my current place 6 months ago and the pool Dahon was lying under someone's desk with a so called double p'ture. I took the wheels off today and before I changed the tubes I pumped the old ones up they were fine, after three hours they were still fine.

 

[coffeejo]

On the return leg of my ride on Tuesday, I passed a guy on a recumbent who had a puncture and was cursing himself for not taking his toolkit/pump on what was meant to be a quick 10 miles, so I offered him access to my puncture repair kit and pump. I'd just removed a large chunk of glass from the tyre when he discovered that the glue had gone hard as someone () hadn't replaced it properly...

On the plus side, he only had a few miles to go, we both learnt a lesson about checking one's kit on a regular basis and taking it with you, and the glass was removed before it could cause further damage.

 

[potsy]

I was convinced I'd punctured on the way home today, as I was literally 1/4 mile from home I carried on slowly, looked down at the back wheel and it looked a bit flat, got home it was fine
Think I need to check my tyre pressures

 

[Supersuperleeds]

On the return leg of my ride on Tuesday, I passed a guy on a recumbent who had a puncture and was cursing himself for not taking his toolkit/pump on what was meant to be a quick 10 miles, so I offered him access to my puncture repair kit and pump. I'd just removed a large chunk of glass from the tyre when he discovered that the glue had gone hard as someone () hadn't replaced it properly...

On the plus side, he only had a few miles to go, we both learnt a lesson about checking one's kit on a regular basis and taking it with you, and the glass was removed before it could cause further damage.

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[coffeejo]

I was convinced I'd punctured on the way home today, as I was literally 1/4 mile from home I carried on slowly, looked down at the back wheel and it looked a bit flat, got home it was fine
Think I need to check my tyre pressures

So you got off the bike and the tyre no longer looked flat?

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Why not try flagging down a passing cyclist, I know that unless i was in a mad rush, which is very rare, I would happily stop if someone needed to borrow my pump.
When I stop to repair a puncture I usually get a few calls of "are you alright mate". I always say yes, but one time I may need their help.

+1 If I go out for a ride any further than the nearest supermarket than I'll always have a pump and a repair kit on me. Unless I forget which bag or pannier my kit is in and don't realise until I'm further from home. I think that there are quite a few cyclists who feel good about doing their bit for roadside camaraderie - on the road you may just be a scalp, stranded at the roadside you're just a fellow cyclist. Besides, I still owe a chap in Catford who nipped back to his house and digged out a spare tube for me a while back.