Originally Posted by
stockholm
The next step was to turn here to figure out what the rudimentary stuff to buy and bring would be, and while doing this I noticed something funny: why is everybody recommending both a patch kit and a spare tube? I mean, if you switch to a new tube you won't be fixing the old one, correct?
1. I can pop a bead, pull out part of the tube, patch it, and push it back in, a lot quicker than taking off the entire wheel to replace a tube.
2. Multiple flats on a ride.