Originally Posted by
Bat56
I had a flat once. It sucked. Shwalbe marathon. I think it was my fault, I had a tiny spec of metal on the tube. Other than that, no flats, but I stay prepared.
Best part of that repair was that I was in such a hurry that I had remounted the tire with a new tube and I realized that I did not check the inside of the tire. So I removed the tire and tube and checked... found the sliver of metal. Did the whole thing over again.
During the repair I broke my bead jack. Changed the tire without the bead jack.
I suggest practicing. It's annoying, but you need to make sure that you can change the tire with the tools in your bag. When it's damn cold at that.
Fat MTB tyres are easy to mount/dismount. Even the wired, Marathon Winter tyres. Can be done with thin gloves on. I've had two studs fall out during "breaking in" period. When a stud falls out it leaves a hole, gap. Gues that's where a piece of sharp glass, rock or thorn could more easily get stuck and slowly penetrate. That's why I put spare studs in to fill the holes.