Originally Posted by
chas58
Flats (with tubes) and gravel are inevitable if you have typical V5 gravel in the US. If you are just riding hard pack dirt, not so much.
Depends on various factors, with tire width being a big one. Flats are inevitable if the tire bottoms out a lot.
I've pretty much given up on patch kits unless I'm doing it in my garage - and carry that dreaded spare tube.
I still carry a pack of glueless patches in addition to the tube. Glueless patches are terrible, but they're so cheap and take up so little space and weight that I can't really justify
not having them.