Aloha! Glad to have you here and enjoy that Bleriot. I always carry a spare tube when I'm on my Quickbeam. I also carry a patch kit so that I can swap and repair. I've actually had two flats on the same ride but that was my fault. I'm riding 35mm Paselas and It turned out a bit of glass was embedded in the tire and the once over I gave it didn't detect the problem. After I had the second flat I bent the tire this way and that and found it only because it poked out when the tire was really deformed; even a light bending didn't reveal it. That day I only had a spare tube having misplaced the patch kit. Never again.
I use an Acorn medium bag for the most part so I can carry pretty much anything. I've got: Tube(s) Patch kit Multi-tool chain tool (probably not really necessary till it is) 15mm wrench Cable ties (massively useful) CO2 cartridge & pump (overkill true - but I'm lazy and worried I'll have more flats than cartridges). I really don't worry about weight so overkill is fine. I'm not going anywhere fast. I'm lucky here on Oahu though. All our buses have bike racks and I'm not much more than 2 hours by bus away from anything if I do end up having more trouble than I can handle. Indeed I often simply ride one way with no plans on riding back and take the bus home. That way I can get to North Shore the long way (75 miles), spend the afternoon, and not have to make it an all day 150 miles ride (actually there are a couple shorter routes but they involve more climbing than I'm anxious to do at this point). Bob On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 1:02 AM, islaysteve <alkire...@verizon.net> wrote: > > Thanks for the welcome, everyone. Pix will be forthcoming, but I > won't make any promises as to when. Will try to do it next weekend. > I'm glad to hear that at least some of you like the Louis graphic, I > guess he'll stay ; ). For now, the Ti frame is retired, and I don't > think I could bear to sell it. I'll keep it in case I want a go-fast > bike again, or perhaps for my daughter, who rides quite a bit. > > I've also been debating and messing with ideas for carrying tools. I > like the tool roll concept, and in fact had already bought some fabric > to experiment with, when Riv's roll was announced. Well, since they > are basically gone anyway, I probably won't be getting one. When I > made my mock-up, I wasn't at all happy with way it looked, so I have > ended up ordering one of the several small bags I've found online: > The Arundel Tubi bag. It seems to be the size that I need and it > isn't a standard wedge. I hope to get it in time to put into the > pix. BTW, I plan to carry a spare tube but that may be overkill > considering the wider tires and thicker tubes, compared to the road > stuff that I'm used to. Do most of you carry a spare tube or not? > Everyone enjoy Spring riding! Steve > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. > > -- Robert Harrison rfharri...@gmail.com statrix.com -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
