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Essential bit of kit imo
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Not if you plan on riding any sort of distances in autumn/winter and don't want to carry 2 or 3 spare tubes with you at all times...
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I suspect that the inner tube is increasingly becoming something you only carry incase your tubeless system goes tits up.
With tubeless tyres costing £60,70 or 80 each and sealant that could be £30 or 40+ for a half decent size bottle, the humble inner tube is probably such a low cost part of the system that they are seen as disposable.
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These days if kids get a puncture they just throw the bike away and buy a new one from Halfords. Then post about it on tiktok.
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I appreciate I am older than most people, but is a puncture repair kit that esoteric?
Was told last year in a shop near Clapham they didn't sell brake cables to customers.
Also been told that crank bolts were on order only (fair enough if I'd asked for cotter pins, but crank bolts!)
Bike shops definitely no longer suit my cycling needs, I reluctantly buy everything I need online.
In full agreement with @M_V Tip Top Rema is best IMO, and better suited for my grand father's old tin box
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Popped into Evans on London Bridge earlier and asked if the sold puncture repair kits (as I need to get ready for winter).
The guy at the counter looked at me as though I'd asked him to give me a blow-job. Apparently, that sort of 'niche' stuff (puncture outfits, not blow-jobs) is only available on-line.
To be fair, I then went to Cycles UK on Creek Road and got precisely the same reaction.
I appreciate I am older than most people, but is a puncture repair kit that esoteric?