Originally Posted by indyfabz

IKR. This is especially true in the larger cities in the country. I live in Philly. Couldn't begin to count the number of times I have been in shops and seen people come in with flats. Sometimes its busy college student who doesn't have the time to watch videos on bike repair. Sometimes it's gramps who went for a ride on the trail and now needs to get back to his car. Shoot! Even I did one time not all that long ago. Ran a quick errand on a blazingly hot, humid summer afternoon. Maybe 2 miles from my house. IIRC, my saddle bag was in my car a few blocks away in the wrong direction. Didn't feel like stopping to pick it up. What could possibly go wrong in 4 miles with beefy tires? Half a block from my destination I flatted. No way was I walking home in the heat and humidity with almost no shade. Started looking for a cab and then remembered there was a LBS about 2 blocks away. Turned out to be a good thing. Rim tape was shot, which is what caused the flat. Had them replace that too while I took advantage of free A.C.