Last Friday week I went to the bike shop with a flat front tyre and got a new inner tube and a replacement tyre, the more expensive version of the Schwalbe puncture-resistant tyre, to match the one on the back wheel.
After kayaking today I am loading my bike and realise my front tyre is flat. Even though I only work on punctures at home, I do carry the tyre leavers and puncture kit, and the club, as it does mountain biking, has a stirrup pump. So Klaus can then sort out the puncture without even taking the wheel off.
The puncture is quite a large hole and the cause is the rim tape which leaves cylindrical holes which traps the inner tube. Probably going over a bump did for it. Beate finds some gaffer tape in the workshop so we put a 6 inch (15 cm) strip in over the rim tape.
It survived the journey home, though I am a bit nervous about happening again.
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