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01-27-12 | 10:31 PM

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Digital_Cowboy

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Originally Posted by stockholm

I've been attending a night course in very basic bice mechanics -- which was a blast.

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?

Just wondering, that's all.

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Originally Posted by woodway

You have never had more than one flat on a ride?

I fix the old tube when I get home, and put it back in my bag. I've got tubes with 3-4 patches on them. They hold air just fine.

Agreed, or they've never ridden with a group and have had friends who have had multiple flats. By carrying a tube, a patch kit, a CO2 inflator, or a frame pump one is prepared for (hopefully) anything that might come up/go flat.

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