Taking a puncture kit with you....now I get it!
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Despite the chilly weather tonight, I went out for the usual evening ride all wrapped up with thermo tights, padded shorts, over shorts, two tops, cycling jacket etc.
On the stretch between Wandsworth and Fulham I hit a large, unseen pothole and the impact hurts my wrists a little. Then I realise the flat front tyre....and I'm about 3 miles from home whatever way I decide to walk.
So off I trudge in all my gear, trying to stay upbeat as other cyclists pass by at speed. 3 miles later and finally I'm home, it's then I realise that I didn't turn off my Cat Eye and my recorded average speed has now lost a couple of MPH too. Aaarrrgghhh!
Time for dinner along with a large glass of red! Next time I'll be prepared.......
On the stretch between Wandsworth and Fulham I hit a large, unseen pothole and the impact hurts my wrists a little. Then I realise the flat front tyre....and I'm about 3 miles from home whatever way I decide to walk.
So off I trudge in all my gear, trying to stay upbeat as other cyclists pass by at speed. 3 miles later and finally I'm home, it's then I realise that I didn't turn off my Cat Eye and my recorded average speed has now lost a couple of MPH too. Aaarrrgghhh!
Time for dinner along with a large glass of red! Next time I'll be prepared.......
Garlick said:
Despite the chilly weather tonight, I went out for the usual evening ride all wrapped up with thermo tights, padded shorts, over shorts, two tops, cycling jacket etc.
On the stretch between Wandsworth and Fulham I hit a large, unseen pothole and the impact hurts my wrists a little. Then I realise the flat front tyre....and I'm about 3 miles from home whatever way I decide to walk.
So off I trudge in all my gear, trying to stay upbeat as other cyclists pass by at speed. 3 miles later and finally I'm home, it's then I realise that I didn't turn off my Cat Eye and my recorded average speed has now lost a couple of MPH too. Aaarrrgghhh!
Time for dinner along with a large glass of red! Next time I'll be prepared.......
Take a spare tube and a kit. Fitting a patch with cold hands in the rain is, excuse my language, utterly fOn the stretch between Wandsworth and Fulham I hit a large, unseen pothole and the impact hurts my wrists a little. Then I realise the flat front tyre....and I'm about 3 miles from home whatever way I decide to walk.
So off I trudge in all my gear, trying to stay upbeat as other cyclists pass by at speed. 3 miles later and finally I'm home, it's then I realise that I didn't turn off my Cat Eye and my recorded average speed has now lost a couple of MPH too. Aaarrrgghhh!
Time for dinner along with a large glass of red! Next time I'll be prepared.......
king miserable and will make you want to hurt things. Fitting a new tube is a pain but at least it's relatively quick.
I presume this is on your new roadbike Garlick...
No-one has mentioned the fact that you can carry all the tubes and patches in the world - but in the dark and cold theres not a fecking chance your getting a 23mm tyre off a slimy rim, and then getting it back on again.
TYRE LEVERS!
You need a seatpack, only a tiny one is big enough for essentials -
Tube, Patches, Tyre Levers, multitool.
The shop I used work at sells a Seatpack - fully equipped with a basic tool kit - for about £20. No excuses! Then all you need is a pump or some gas cartridges.
No-one has mentioned the fact that you can carry all the tubes and patches in the world - but in the dark and cold theres not a fecking chance your getting a 23mm tyre off a slimy rim, and then getting it back on again.
TYRE LEVERS!
You need a seatpack, only a tiny one is big enough for essentials -
Tube, Patches, Tyre Levers, multitool.
The shop I used work at sells a Seatpack - fully equipped with a basic tool kit - for about £20. No excuses! Then all you need is a pump or some gas cartridges.
For me it's:
- Spare Tube
- Tyre Levers
- Small Pump
- CO2 Jet Inflator Doo-hicky
(I put some air in the tube with the pump and check it's not nicked anywhere before applying the Jet-Flator.) There are now combined pump and Jet-Flators available:
- Spare Tube
- Tyre Levers
- Small Pump
- CO2 Jet Inflator Doo-hicky
(I put some air in the tube with the pump and check it's not nicked anywhere before applying the Jet-Flator.) There are now combined pump and Jet-Flators available:
- On longer rides, a £20 note has got me out of trouble before too!
louiebaby said:
For me it's:
- Spare Tube
- Tyre Levers
- Small Pump
- CO2 Jet Inflator Doo-hicky
(I put some air in the tube with the pump and check it's not nicked anywhere before applying the Jet-Flator.) There are now combined pump and Jet-Flators available:
Jet-Flator - Spare Tube
- Tyre Levers
- Small Pump
- CO2 Jet Inflator Doo-hicky
(I put some air in the tube with the pump and check it's not nicked anywhere before applying the Jet-Flator.) There are now combined pump and Jet-Flators available:
- On longer rides, a £20 note has got me out of trouble before too!
That is THE best word ever invented.
el stovey said:
rhinochopig said:
Take a spare tube and a kit. Fitting a patch with cold hands in the rain is, excuse my language, utterly fking miserable and will make you want to hurt things. Fitting a new tube is a pain but at least it's relatively quick.
Wise words.king miserable and will make you want to hurt things. Fitting a new tube is a pain but at least it's relatively quick.Now I take a spare tube, levers, and pump. In case I get 2 punctures, I also carry my mobile phone and a tenner for a couple of beers whilst I'm waiting for the GF to collect me
mat205125 said:
el stovey said:
rhinochopig said:
Take a spare tube and a kit. Fitting a patch with cold hands in the rain is, excuse my language, utterly fking miserable and will make you want to hurt things. Fitting a new tube is a pain but at least it's relatively quick.
Wise words.king miserable and will make you want to hurt things. Fitting a new tube is a pain but at least it's relatively quick.Now I take a spare tube, levers, and pump. In case I get 2 punctures, I also carry my mobile phone and a tenner for a couple of beers whilst I'm waiting for the GF to collect me
t had liberally spread hawthorn cuttings for about quarter of a mile down a bridal way. 8 punctures later and having gone through two tubes I got home. Oh and one picking up of the bike and throwing it into a bush. I was too far off the beaten track to be picked up.Probably better with a £20 though and ring the wife after the first couple of pints
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