Originally Posted by
jaxgtr
I happened about a guy Saturday that had a flat and not carrying a seat bag with a tube, co2 or pump, or tire levers.
That's a paddlin'.
I like Conti tires, but do not want to deal with that on the road side.
That's why I take my Kool Stop tire bead jack on every ride. I have no upper body strength anyway, started doing it shortly after flatting on Conti clinchers, so don't think of it as a particular negative on the GP5k specifically.