Don't count on a guy for help!

[Biciclista]

Or you can rock one of these and be doubly sure you get home:

http://www.genuineinnovations.com/bi...px?prodid=1092

I love mine, mounts under the bottle cage, tiny, light, aw-haw-some. Best investment I never want to use.

there's no way i'm going to carry around compressed gas bottles. I don't have any trouble pumping air with my road morph. what do you do when you run out of gas cartridges? then you're stuck. My road morph is good for thousands of flats.

and yes, we've seen guys taking over fixing flats even for other guys for the above stated reason. They were tired and wanted to go home.

[redrhodie]

there's no way i'm going to carry around compressed gas bottles. I don't have any trouble pumping air with my road morph. what do you do when you run out of gas cartridges? then you're stuck. My road morph is good for thousands of flats.

How many tubes do you carry?

[jobob]

I'm not Mimi, but I always carry one tube with me.

Two, if it's one of those potential Outer Slobovia rides.

[Biciclista]

TWO tubes, a patch kit, a rubber glove, a multi tool, a road morph, and some tire levers. forgot the name of the levers.

[Crankin]

Well, there's no way to put the Road Morph on my frame. I did have it precariously on my Trek 5200, so it's not so much the carbon, but the size of my bike. I carry two tubes and two cartridges. If I am on a long ride, there are other people around, who have other stuff, too. If I am doing a metric, etc. I might stick 3 tubes in my bag. Carrying the cartridges is easy and we have never had an issue with them (dh had to use one on Sunday). We save the used ones and recycle them on hazardous waste recycling day, but it hasn't been more than 1-3 in the last couple of years, for both of us.

[Karma007]

I have all the gear, and even took a class at REI on how to do it, but haven't had to do it. I know my tire is incredibly tight and could get as far as putting the tire back on, but don't know if I have the strength to do it.

[jobob]

That's when you practice changing your tire in the comfort of your garage or backyard.

And have an appropriately rewarding beverage or snack awaiting you afterwards.

[OakLeaf]

One tube and a patch kit.

Two CO2 cylinders and a mini-pump which (1) is great for getting a tube seated in the tire regardless of how I plan to do the final inflation; and (2) will do the whole job - very slowly but adequately - if I'm out of CO2.

Most of us remember "back in the day" when you carried a frame pump and a patch kit and that was it. Spare tubes and CO2 are a convenience when you're by yourself. When you're riding with a group, it's simply polite to carry what you need to get back on the road as quickly as possible. IMO of course.


... Why do you have to put a *used* cartridge in hazmat? It's empty, only ever contained gas. I recycle mine with the regular metals? Or do you mean the tubes? How many patches does a tube get before it's toast? (Most of mine have two. This is an honest question... I figure by the time they get four or so I should think about new ones?)

[Biciclista]

Yeah, Tofu, that's another thing. I've seen my DH struggle with the tires on my bike. I have no idea why they are so tight, but they are.

[sundial]

TWO tubes, a patch kit, a rubber glove, a multi tool, a road morph, and some tire levers. forgot the name of the levers.

About the same for me. My seat bag weighs about 2 lbs.

[ZenSojourner]

I carry 2 tubes minimum (I ride a Terry, with the small front wheel and the 700c back wheel). Patch kit, though I've had bad luck from them and they don't help much if it's a pinch flat. Tire levers. Frame mount bike pump. And I, too, have learned not to rely on cheap pumps. Set of hex wrenches. screwdriver w/replaceable heads. Ball wrench.

On a long ride I also carry a spare tire for the front wheel. That's too big to go in my kit so it gets folded up, securely fastened to the rear rack. Because finding a 700c tire is possible, but a 24" tire? Usually I have to order those.

Oh yeah, and as far as guys fixing things - my ex used to hand me tools wrapped in a paper towel when I was working on the car, so he wouldn't get oil on his fingers.

And I was trying to show my son (13 at the time) how to change a tire, he was paying NO attention. Finally I asked him, "So what are you going to do when you get a flat one of these days?" To which he replied, "I'll wait for some woman to stop and change it for me."

[Biciclista]

And I was trying to show my son (13 at the time) how to change a tire, he was paying NO attention. Finally I asked him, "So what are you going to do when you get a flat one of these days?" To which he replied, "I'll wait for some woman to stop and change it for me."

LOL!