Originally Posted by
leob1
Add a tire boot and a couple of tubes. If you slash a side wall, or get a hole you can't plug, you got the stuff you need to continue riding. Or at least get home.
Of course you can always use a paper money bill temporarily. I've ridden scores of miles with one.
I've even been told by a bike mechanic you can use leaves, though hard to find in the desert, I imagine.