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puncher repair kits
teamspirit
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Surely just spare tubes, not repair kits?
That said I dont have a spare for tonights race, fingers crossed.
That said I dont have a spare for tonights race, fingers crossed.
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There's no team car or broom wagon....
1 or 2 tubes + gas for anything up to OD.
HIM or above, I might take a puncture repair kit, as I would want to finish, and a kit would be a bit lighter than more tubes.
If the course was bad for punctures, I might review the strategy.
For an IM, I would probably just have a trailer. As I would need to stop for the night, so would need the trailer to carry the camping gear in it [:)].
It's all about strategy - probabilities vs. time lost etc.
I guess if you were an elite, looking just to win, then you might not bother.
If you're just an age grouper, doing the best you can, then there's too much at stake to DNF because of a puncture on the cycle leg.
I remember my heart sinking feeling in the London OD last year when I got a puncture at the turn around at Beckton only to reach behind my seat for my spare tube and tyre levers . To realise I had left them in my bag back at transition. I had racked my bike the night before so had left any spare kit in my bag. The excitement of race day totally forgot to check my bike. Luckily a racing buddy was a minute or so behind and threw me his kit so I could carry on.
Life saver
Jimbo
if considering this for triathlon then remember to put the bike down in transition, you don't have to keep carrying it on the run section (unless you like it [:D])