Why do people bother to carry puncture repair kits with them?

[martint235]

Never, ever carried a puncture repair kit. And to be honest, anyone willing to ride a tyre with a tube patched by me really needs locking up for their own safety. In fact even if I've put a new tube in, you'd be pretty mad to ride it. I ride them cos I have to.

 

[clid61]

Cant believe this thread has gone this long without a blowout

 

[Truth]

BANG !!!!!

 

[Dogtrousers]

This thread has an inflated sense of its own importance.

 

[vickster]

This thread has an inflated sense of its own importance.

Or a deflated sense?

 

[Arjimlad]

I have been resisting posting but every time I see the title it goads me. I carry puncture repair equipment because I cycle ten miles into work mostly on country lanes away from all public transport routes and I do not wish to carry a heavy lock with me or have to walk five miles to work or to home, and I have had occasional punctures over the years. Sorry for posting on this already long thread but it feels cathartic to have done so and the thread title will no longer annoy me now.

 

[raleighnut]

What really 'gets to me' about this thread is that someone could go out on a ride and not be prepared for a small inconvenience and expect somebody else to 'bail them out' if a problem occurs.

 

[Thursday guy]

What really 'gets to me' about this thread is that someone could go out on a ride and not be prepared for a small inconvenience and expect somebody else to 'bail them out' if a problem occurs.

Haha, 'gets to me'?

Lighten up mate

 

[DRHysted]

This is a wind up thread isn't it? I couldn't imagine someone locking up something and trying to find alternative transport just because they've had a puncture.
Personally I don't have a choice, there is no public transport running when I'm commuting or near where I'm commuting, so it's repair or long walk.
Regarding the occurrence of punctures, last year I had 2, so far this year 16 (it's proving a bad year so far).

 

[Sharky]

Used to do it all the time

I've done that as well.

 

[screenman]

I've done that as well.

Me too. I think it might be an age thing.

 

[potsy]

I think for the type of riding the OP is talling about he'd be better off fitting some solid 'Tannus' tyres or an equivalent.

No worries about ever having a puncture then

Personally I hardly ever go anywhere without my repair stuff, maybe when I go to the shop which is a one mile round trip, but anything over that I just wouldn't feel comfortable, and coming from someone who has maybe one (maximum two) flats per year.

 

[coffeejo]

coming from someone who has maybe one (maximum two) flats per year.

That's terrible, potsy. That's one or two punctures per mile.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

That's terrible, potsy. That's one or two punctures per mile.

You beat me to it!
Aren't we sooo cheeky?

 

[Mr. Cow]

Do people bother repairing tubes? I find it too fiddly... easier to carry 2/3 tubes and just replace it in the event.

I never came a cropper with this except the other day, I had replaced no less than 3 tubes with each one the valve disintegrating. Must have been a bad batch. Luckily I was about a 20 minute walk to a LBS. If I was finishing a late or a night shift I would have been buggered as the shop would have been shut.

Needless to say I now carry 3 different brand tubes just in case.. And a few pairs of latex gloves to avoid getting oily hands.