Originally Posted by
Piff
...No worries, I've got a full sized hand pump and an extra tube!...
3 miles from home I almost fall off my bike while going down a slight, curvy incline due to my front tire being dangerously low...a small thorn puncture that I guess slowly leaked air on the way home.
Spare tube, full-size frame pump, and patch kit. Essential commuting items. I tend to look at my tires fairly often because I just
know that a shard of glass is going to ambush me eventually.
On our CCRT ride this Saturday I rode on fairly new tubulars. The next day I discovered that one slowly goes flat. That may even have been its first ride. Pinhole leak? Latex tube leaking air even faster than usual? I dunno'.