Originally Posted by
Bassmanbob
Thanks. Yes I have a tube, but I didn't think to bring a tire. I'm riding Schwalbe Marathon Supremes, but I guess even they can get a gash in the tire. Perhaps I should bring an old tire as a spare.
Instead of carrying a spare tire I carry a car tire patch, basically a larger reinforced patch designed to fix tears in car tires, they come in a variety of sizes. If I got a cut tire it would need to be huge for the patch not work enough to get me somewhere where I could get a replacement tire. Like a glue on permanent tire boot. Carry a little thingo of super glue too, that works well to glue up any cuts that aren't all the way through, but look bad, keeps rocks out and you never know when you'll need some superglue, works on cuts too.