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@jonlubi
Not wanting to be too picky, what with all that has been said so far...but with my 2p this is not true!
A repair kit takes up less space than a tube, and the fact is there's no guarantee you won't puncture again before you get home and fix the first one...with a repair kit you can nearly always get back on the road withing 5-6 minutes. Obviously if it's pissing down with rain then repairing a flat at the side of the road ain't too fun, so also carry a small sachet of HTFU for those rare moments. Or just buy decent tyres, keep them no lower than 110psi and don't ride through glass.