Originally Posted by filtersweep
The only thing less cool than carrying a flat kit/pump is being caught without one.
As a reformed distance runner who only got into cycling two months ago, I can tell you that my experience has so far been a string of mistakes I'll only make once. The first place I go tonight will be to the LBS to get a frame pump.
When I bought my tires the mechanic told me that she had the same ones and didn't get a single flat for an entire year. So I figured, you know, this is someone who must live for cycling, there's no chance I'll ever get a flat. Again, a mistake I'll only make once.