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Yeah, that was the problem I was expecting. As I was getting the wheel off roadside, I was thinking 'this tube is going to need tearing from the tire, and then it's going to be all disgusting with sealant and I'm just going to have to sacrifice a jersey pocket to that fate'. I could have lived with that.
Has to be said though, the number of fellow riders who either slowed down or stopped to check if I was OK / if they could help out / generally offer commiserations was pretty heartwarming. Seems like no one habitually cycles around with pliers or knives on them sadly.
Eejit-
That does restore faith in humans somewhat. I remember going through 4 tubes on one damp Jan day and 3 people offered up tubes. I hunted at least one of them down on insta and offered them some form of payment but they flatly refused.
Although what you needed is some bally'd up scooter kids with the toolyo, but then they'd probably just completely relieve you of the problem.
monkdagola
Was not expecting the nut to be the problem there; I was sure that story was going to go the way of 'The tube was fused to the tyre with sealant' purely because I once volunteered to fix a friends flat (5min job I thought) whilst their bike was lodging at my house for a few days, half an hour later I ended up cutting the valve just to get it past the hole so I could remove it (after having a violent meltdown over it).