Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Wow, early March is pretty early. The earliest I've ever been able to get my studs off is March 28.
I carry a spare tube and glueless patches. The glueless patches are only for emergency, I've only used them once, and as soon as I get home I take them off and put on a proper patch.
When I get home I use rubber cement from an office-supply style jar of Elmer's rubber cement. I've had it for 4 years and it hasn't dried up. The little tubes, yeah, they dry up once opened. I do have some but I don't open them unless I must.
I think I'll have to do that and just get some glue for home, and use glueless on the road. When I do get home I'm definitely putting my spare tube in the bag though jeez.
Our snow has been pretty slushy recently, and we're getting mostly rain and sleet now so I'm hoping that I'm ok until next winter. If not I'll have to resort to using the mountain bike. This is my second season on the Schwalbe Marthon Winter's and the sidewall is starting to spilt in a few places, I was positive they would last a lot longer than that so now I'm double dissapointed.