Getting a puncture, what do you do.

[paul04]

Riding home from work the other day I got a puncture, now on the bike I have a small bag with a spare tube+patches.
On checking, I spotted a nail stuck in the tyre, so pulled it out and thought, should I put a patch on the innertube, or stick the new tube in.

In the end I put the new tube in, got home then repaired the the innertube.

What do you do, repair the puncture at the roadside or put a new tube in .

 

[Peteaud]

Instant patches for me so i patch it.

 

[derrick]

New tube, mend it later if i ever get around to it.

 

[ianrauk]

New tube in, repair later.

 

[compo]

If it is a lovely warm sunny day and I am knackered I sit on the verge and repair the puncture at the roadside. As we don't seem to have many lovely warm sunny days any longer I just change the tube and repair the puncture at home.

 

[Davidc]

New tube in, repair later.

Likewise. That's why most of us carry spare tubes - it's quicker and easier.

 

[HLaB]

New tube in, repair later.

Yip, I'm in that camp too; I tend to patch in batches too. When I used to patch individual tubes by the next time I needed it Id find the solvent had went hard.

 

[numbnuts]

New tube

 

[Hip Priest]

New tube, then patch at leisure.

 

[Pedrosanchezo]

I do a Wiggins and throw the bike at the wall. Only thing is when i throw it it tends to end up in pieces. I am just not that cool i guess.

 

[Andrew_P]

Yip, I'm in that camp too; I tend to patch in batches too. When I used to patch individual tubes by the next time I needed it Id find the solvent had went hard.

I tend to patch in batches too, that's why I have 10 or so waiting, just never got round to doing the first batch!

 

[boydj]

It's seldom easy to find a hole in a tube, especially when it's cold/wet/dark or all three. I always carry two tubes so that when I realise I forgot to remove the original cause of the puncture from the tyre I've got a second spare - and two tubes to repair when I get home.

 

[wisdom]

Change tube roadside,repair tube at home with detection easier in the sink

 

[gavroche]

New tube or if it is raining or too cold, I phone my wife to pick me up. ( has not happened yet)

 

[Rob3rt]

Sit down, push my face into my palms and sob!