had a good view at least
Did you have to walk back
Not need. Had the partner come down and get me in the truck. This is about 8 miles from where I live. We try and ride it everyday and flats happen all the time.
flats happen all the time
Either the roads are extremely bad or full of splinters etc., or you’re using the wrong tires, or (likely) both. I always get the thickest puncture protection available, and my tires & tubes usually last for thousands of km, with rarely even needing to re-pump.
I put puncture resistant tires on my bike and my wife’s bike a few years ago. Since then we’ve seen nothing but a few slow leaks from aging tubes.
Going tubeless would solve this or alternatively put tire sealant inside your tubes.
Tubeless is great for small piddly punctures. Anything bigger and a spare inner tube and tyre boot are a necessity (esp. on longer rides).
Sure, but I’d still argue that the vast majority of flats people get would have been avoided by running tubeless. I’ve fixed around 8 punctures over the past 10,000km and only one of them was such that tire sealant wouldn’t have fixed.
Fair enough - I suppose it’s a caution borne out of experience of the awful roads by me - I’ve had a lot of unsealable punctures on the roads near me (from gashes to a bit of glass that wiggled around just enough to not seal).
As a result I always caveat advice to go tubeless - for “proper” punctures (anything more serious than a pin prick or snakebite) tubeless can be a can of worms, and give people a sense of confidence that inner tube users don’t have (wisely).
Granted it’s also down to tyre choice (you can pry my patched panaracers from my cold dead hands) but a tyre pissing sealant and air is much more of a hassle to deal with than an inner tube in my experience.
Did you pack a repair kit?
Not for this ride. it’s just down from the house and close enough to just call for support.
Gotcha! Easy enough to push it back then, I guess.
I always have a repair kit in my saddle bag, that way I’m never at risk of having to walk home.
