Originally Posted by
LesterOfPuppets
Well, yeah. a 2 or 3 pound tire that takes up a lot of room would be a bear.
I tour on 26" MTB and take a Kenda Klimax Lite as a spare. 330 grams, and I put it at the bottom of my handlebar bag, so I really don't notice it.
If I was riding your bike and really getting out there and riding solo, I'd probably find the lightest tire I could run and lash it to my seatbag, though.
I could pack an XC 29er race tire as a spare. It's just so unlikely that I will ever need it that it's a pointless piece of gear IMO.
I working on lightening my gear further. I would notice an extra 330g both due its weight and size.
The scenarios where I could not tube and boot a tire are vanishingly small in probability.