Originally Posted by
DiabloScott
Everybody's flat tire paradigm is different. Someone like me who gets a few flats per year, has had two flats on the same ride exactly three times in 35 years of serious riding, and has had three flats on the same ride having to walk home exactly ONCE...
Two flats on a single ride?
Three?
Multiple flats are often an indication of missing something like one of those pesky radial tire wires.
It may be that multiple flats during a local ride are relatively rare. The time I might get 2 or 3 or 4 flats would be 100+ mile rides, or multi-day rides. Often in places where it would be inconvenient to not be able to repair the bike and ride on my own.
I probably revised my sidewall boot a half dozen times before I was able to wobble to the nearest bike shop.
If I hadn't gotten a spare tire at a shop 20 miles down the road, it could have been a long ride on an improvised boot.
The biggest issue was very narrow chainstay clearance on that bike, so any bulging caused problems.