cubewheels

If you had a puncture, how far from home would you decide to fix the puncture or just walk?

caloso

A block.

Gresp15C

A few blocks. I'd have to fix it either way. It's not that much easier at home.

I'd also consider pumping it and seeing how far I could get.

SalsaShark

If I could see my house, i would probably walk the bike to the garage. Otherwise, i would repair it roadside. Doesn't take long to replace a tube, but walking a bike is slow, especially up and down the hills in my town.

Litespud

I flatted maybe 1 mile from home. Next time I’ll bite the bullet and repair it. A mile in cleats is a pain in the arse, especially given that I could’ve fixed the flat and ridden home in less time. Anything more than a few hundred yards, I’ll fix roadside

Machka 

I'd try the pump it up and ride a bit method as far as about 10 km out.
I might walk from about 5 km out.

alo

I don't carry a puncture repair kit, so I walk.

One time I was a long way from home, and had a puncture in the front. I took the tire and tube off the rim, and put them over the handlebars, still going through the forks. I rode home on the rim. Riding on the rim is noisy, and gets too much attention, but it is better than walking well into the night. At home I switched the rim. This was a bike rescued from the trash, and I had spare rims also rescued from the trash.

Ghazmh

I’ve flatted while heading out and while almost home within 1.5 miles. Both cases I walked home to repair the tube.

Ironfish653

Typically, if I’m where I am, on a bike, it’s because it’s farther than I’d care to walk in the first place.

I usually keep a new tube in the saddle bag on each of my ‘main’ bikes, and carry a pump if I’m planning on riding more than a couple of miles.
I can swap a tube in about 10 minutes. I can run a mile in a little less, but not if I’m wearing bike shoes, pushing a bike with a flat tire.

DorkDisk

Time for a new bike
;-]

ARider2

If it's only flat on the bottom I will ride it home.

nomadmax 

I'm not walking. It needs repaired, no time like the present.

10 Wheels

Finishing a 100 mile ride. I hit some glass in the street one mile from home. I walked.

FlMTNdude

Change the tube and fix it at home. I always have 2 spares and a flat kit.

pdlamb

I've walked ~4 miles after a blowout to get to work or someplace I could get picked up.

I've also walked a mile when something broke on the bike (crank or frame).

Just a flat, my limit is about half a mile of walking. It's easier to fix a flat in a heated (or air conditioned) space, but it's also easier to ride than to walk.

CAT7RDR

I strap a replacement wheelset/tires to my back and just swap as needed. Takes at most ten seconds and I'm on my way. NASCAR has nothing on me!

Moe Zhoost

Yeah, I'd have to be less than a quarter mile from my house to defer fixing. Carrying extra tubes shortens the fix time significantly so we're talking 5-10 minutes or so. Since most of my flats are slow leaks, I may decide to just stop and pump every few miles.

My commuting bike had a 5 speed IGH in the rear, which was a bit more difficult to repair. I might walk a bit further in that case, although I got rather adept at patching a leak without removing the wheel.

Milton Keynes

But what if you break a chain or your frame cracks? That's why I strap an entire bike to my back.

10 Wheels

Saw You on The 101 in CA

tkamd73 

3 miles, bikes are light, much rather replace tube and possibly tire in my shop, especially this time of year. But then again I’m just wearing normal flat bottom shoes, nothing biking specific, so pretty easy to walk in. I like walking, not as much fun as riding, but I enjoy it.
Tim

OldTryGuy

r.e. -bolded

I came out of the food store to find a rear flat on my 26 x 1 3/6 grocery grabber bike. NOTHING to repair and I did not want to walk the 5 miles home so called wife. It would be 10 minutes before she came so I called her back and told her to FORGET ABOUT IT. Groceries went in handlebar basket, I got the valve stem out of the hole and laid it flat then I mounted the bike and stood on pedals with weight on the bars and rode the 5 miles home with the tire on the rim providing grip between rim and road. Riding on the rim is asking for a slip & slide event to happen followed by a fall. On the front wheel it is even more troublesome when turning.

CargoDane

I always fix then and there. That way I won't have to do it when I get home. It's quick and easy to fix most flats. I can't see the point of returning home to do it, as I'd be using the same tools and spares/repair kit anyway.

Moe Zhoost

Ever since I broke a chain and had to walk/coast home, I've carried a mini chain tool and spare links (or quick links, depending on the bike). Frame cracks are rare in steel bikes so I would just ride on home enjoying the resiliency of steel.

alo

On one 26 inch mountain bike, I put a smoother road tire inside a larger off road tire. It was so thick it very rarely had punctures. This probably saved me walking home a number of times. It had less give, and resulted in a rougher ride. It actually had so little give, I could ride it without air in it. Without air, it was like a normal tire with low air pressure.

CargoDane

Surely you're having us on?
If not, what on earth possessed you to do that, rather than a tyre liner (anti-puncture liner)?
What about the edges of the road tyre and it chafing a hole in the tube? Or the sidewalls of the larger tyre? That is not even a bodge, it's far beyond that.