Quote Originally Posted by molehill View Post
This thing about carrying tool kits for bikes, back in the olden days we all used to carry tool kits for cars, because they kept breaking down. Nowadays cars are better made and rarely break down and if they do then we call a recovery service.
Perhaps manufacturers should make better bikes and there should be sort of cycle AA service. I tell you it's the future, any mechanical fault and you sit and wait for recovery or a man to get you back on the road.
Sod carrying tools about and getting dirty hands.
I've got cycle breakdown cover with the ETA: https://www.eta.co.uk/breakdown/bicycle/ . I have used it on one occasion, when a tyre failed, leading to a "blow-out" (rather than a puncture); I carry a spare inner tube and puncture repair tools, but not a spare tyre.