I carry a patch kit, but only for dire, dire emergencies. Like that time I had 5 flats on a 600K. I flatted for the last time with approximately 126 miles to go, just heading out on Day 2. Nobody else in my group was riding 650b, everyone else was 700c. Had I flatted again I would have been patching tubes. Thankfully, it stopped raining and with that, I stopped getting flats and was able to finish without getting any more flats.
It's a good thing because, had I had to stop again and patch a tube, I probably would have timed out at the turnaround control, as I was fighting a north (head)wind gusting to 30mph. As I was I made it to the turnaround with 3 minutes to spare. Thankfully, the trip back was a breeze, literally, with 25+ mph speeds being fairly effortless as the north wind had become a tailwind! Finished in 38:51, and that was with a leisurely stop at the penultimate control. >From the lessons learned department: that was my last brevet on Pari-Motos. I ordered Compass Loup Loups after that and have been quite happy with them. -Jim On Tue, May 10, 2016 at 8:25 AM, Ginz <theg...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'd eliminate one of the tubes. A single tube with patches should be > sufficient. The Silver shifter washers weight almost zero, but..... that's > the sort of thing I wouldn't carry. I would also not carry extra batteries > for my taillight. Heck, I'd sooner carry a small extra taillight that runs > on a single AA then carry two or three AA or AAAs. > > As others have said, the Leatherman is the heaviest item. Pliers are > great to have but perhaps there is a lighter alternative out there. > >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ signature goes here -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
