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This is kind of elementary, but everyone should do a dry-run flat repair on any new bike and immediately pick up all the stuff you used and throw it in you bike bag.
Not very much fun on the side of the road wondering about something as the sun is going d
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That also means some cheap readers for we oLde people
But I agree with the posts about not removing the wheel at all once you learn your bike. I havent had a flat that required a tube/rim removal in almost a decade. KoW!
heh this is also why I keep the helmet mount for my front light attached to my helmet. If I have a flat in the dark I can pop my light off the handlebars and onto the helmet so I can see what I'm doing! I've never had to use it yet, though.
I carry a tube so that I can just pop in a new tube and worry about patching later. I did just replace my commuter bike's rear tube last week because it already had at least 4 patches on it, and it was leaking air faster than normal somewhere. I had it up over 100 PSI that morning, and by the time I got home that evening it had about 30 PSI in it.