Puncture preparation
Puncture preparation
Punctures are, unfortunately, part and parcel of cycling, meaning that at some point you’ll need to fix a roadside flat. Time to call your tyre levers, spare inner tube and mini-pump into action.
You do have them, right? Yes, it was only a short ride but you’re now stuck at the roadside and they’re not much use in the garage or the boot of the car, are they?
You should never leave home without the means to fix a puncture – the one time you do will, inevitably, be the time you here that dreaded hiss of air from your tyre.
The inconvenience of carrying spares in your jersey pockets or saddlebag is far less than being stuck at the roadside cursing your luck – as long as you know how to use them…