It took 3 years...

[cd365]

... but finally the puncture fairy visited me on my commute. Going down a country lane my back wheel went over a stone at speed, innocuous I thought but then the back of the bike didn't feel right, a quick look down confirmed my fears.

So I pulled over and put a new tube in, then used my mini pump to inflate it, could only get it to about 40psi, I usually run the rear at 110psi. Been out to Aldi at lunch time because they have track pumps on sale for £5.99. So that got the wheel back up to a decent psi and I will leave the pump at work. Just hope that I don't get a puncture on the way home since I now have no spare inner tube. Must remember to brink a spare in tomorrow and leave that at work.

 

[blazed]

Man gets puncture. What a story!

 

[cd365]

Man gets puncture. What a story!

Glad you enjoyed.
For me it was a realization that having another tube and a floor pump at work would have been good.

 

[Markymark]

Get CO2 cannister for quicker and easier high pressure.

 

[fossyant]

Two tubes my man.

 

[Keith Oates]

Having a spare tube and pump at work is no good you should have it with you on the bike.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[cd365]

Get CO2 cannister for quicker and easier high pressure.

I've got one, didn't like carrying it. I use a CageBox to carry my spares.

Two tubes my man.

But then 2 could become 3, when does it stop?

Having a spare tube and pump at work is no good you should have it with you on the bike.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have a spare tube and pump on my bike. The pump can only do about 40psi so wanted something at work where I could pump the tyres up to a decent pressure.

 

[Deleted member 35268]

What magnificent tyres were you running OP

 

[cd365]

Vittoria rubino pro slick 3s I think

 

[martinclive]

2 tubes on bike, 2 at work and at least two at home so I can always maintain two on the bike wherever I have a puncture.................................now that I write that down it sounds a bit OCD1

 

[w00hoo_kent]

2 tubes on bike, 2 at work and at least two at home so I can always maintain two on the bike wherever I have a puncture.................................now that I write that down it sounds a bit OCD1

Only if all the valve caps are screwed down 6 3/4 turns.

 

[Lonestar]

Get CO2 cannister for quicker and easier high pressure.

Strange how many of these I see lying in the road.

 

[Lonestar]

Round our way, those canisters mostly contained nitrous oxide (stupid teenagers)

(there are huge numbers discarded by the roadside)

Oh,I thought they had dropped from an unsuspecting cyclists bag.

 

[martinclive]

Only if all the valve caps are screwed down 6 3/4 turns.

No - that would be ridiculous but I do take them out of the boxes and tighten the cores when I buy them (otherwise the Leyzne pump unscrews them)......................and I don't like having different colored dust caps back and front..................so probably guilty as charged!

 

[Leodis]

One of our directors bought a track pump for us cyclists.