Starting a bit of a new thread: my Bleriot has 650B wheels, and when I've taken it on a tour, I've carried a spare tire (see Sheldon's site for how to fold any tire) and just considered it part of the tour gear. I've also carried a couple of spokes specifically sized for the wheels (front & rear). That's for touring, where my calculation is the extra weight of the tire (& spokes, to be completely specific) is worth the peace of mind if I needed it. Yes, you can get anything over night delivered but that could eat up at least one and possibly two days of a tour (Side comment: I've never experienced a cut sidewall in over 6,000 miles on Hetres on awful urban roads, gravel/washboard/rocky roads and unpaved rail trails.)
As for tire boots, I cut up an old tire and have a couple of boots in different sizes in my pack with the patch kit. I also have duct tape with me and have used it for various repairs (a small piece of cardboard with a few feet of duct tape wrapped around it - very compact), including wrapping a broken spoke around another spoke for a friend, bandaging a cut (sweaty person, bandaid wouldn't stick), holding a rack together, emergency glasses repair, etc etc -- etc! I do have the FiberFix spoke, have not used it myself, but have watched someone do it. The FiberFix, tire boots, duct tape are in the baggie that serves as my repair kit, along with a couple of plastic tire irons and a spare tube. I've used 26 tubes in my 650B tires several times.
Joan
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