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Amen
I decided to go on a short ride of 15 miles on a bike path then exited near a bike shop. I ended up not buying a fork since there was nothing that would remotley look decent on my bike for cheap. I rode home but the bike gods were not kind to me.
One flat on the way out, another flat on the way home.
I carry three spare tubes.
What you are doing is seriously dumb. Riding a compromised carbon steerer fork is like russian roulette, except you go through the entire chambers worth of bullets. Maybe darwin was right.