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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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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?