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Jobst Brandt
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Tom Paterson writes:
> The only bad advice I saw given to the OP was the "don't need more than one spare" business. I try
> to carry at least three, and not because I don't inspect a flatted tire carefully! Plus three or
> four tire irons and a tool to fit every fastener on the bike.
That sounds a bit extreme. For the number of flats I get, one tube is enough and as I have mentioned
often, I ride more than 2000 miles in the Alps without pumping my tires from the time I leave home
until a month later after riding here. The same goes for long trips on weekends here and in the
Sierra Nevada.
A patch kit can make this a sure procedure because the spare tube gets used when a flat occurs and
the other one gets patched. Loading oneself with a pile of tools is unnecessary unless traveling in
uninhabited country.
Jobst Brandt [email protected] Palo Alto CA
> The only bad advice I saw given to the OP was the "don't need more than one spare" business. I try
> to carry at least three, and not because I don't inspect a flatted tire carefully! Plus three or
> four tire irons and a tool to fit every fastener on the bike.
That sounds a bit extreme. For the number of flats I get, one tube is enough and as I have mentioned
often, I ride more than 2000 miles in the Alps without pumping my tires from the time I leave home
until a month later after riding here. The same goes for long trips on weekends here and in the
Sierra Nevada.
A patch kit can make this a sure procedure because the spare tube gets used when a flat occurs and
the other one gets patched. Loading oneself with a pile of tools is unnecessary unless traveling in
uninhabited country.
Jobst Brandt [email protected] Palo Alto CA