Originally Posted by
23109VC
do many of you carry a spare tire in a pouch on your bike? I have not yet put a little bag on the back of my seat - but now that I have experienced my first flat, I can see how it would really suck to be far from home, wearing bike shoes that you really can't walk in - and then have to figure out how to get home..
I don't carry a tire, but I do carry the following supplies to fix flats:
- tube (for first flat)
- patch kit (just in case I get more than one flat)
- pump or CO2 inflator with multiple cartridges
- tire levers
- boot to temporarily patch tire sidewall/casing damage if necessary (Park Tool TB2, tyvek, or a dollar bill)
All of it except possibly the pump easily fit in a saddle bag with room to spare. (Some of that room to spare should probably be filled with a multi tool for other roadside mechanical mishaps.)