https://www.cyclingaboutindia.com/2019/12/05/what-to-take/ Sun, 08 Dec 2019 01:03:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.cyclingaboutindia.com/2019/12/05/what-to-take/#comment-145 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 01:03:09 +0000 https://musicmumbai.wordpress.com/?p=1012#comment-145 IN my misguided youth, when ordinary beaded tyres typically much heavier than average tubs I toured France and Spain one summer with tubs. Big mistake, tub/rim glue and needle and thread needed to mend a puncture. I ended up carrying over 20 tubs in various states of disrepair in case they were least worst solution to the next tyre crisis. Not light weight touring … I also had pretty much full general repair kit including change of gear cogs and tools to do that according to the lie of the land in days of max 10 gear choices.

]]> https://www.cyclingaboutindia.com/2019/12/05/what-to-take/#comment-144 Sun, 08 Dec 2019 00:51:33 +0000 https://musicmumbai.wordpress.com/?p=1012#comment-144 Even before your experience if I stopped for thought which bike part best to carry a spare for on an epic journey such as yours I would say bottom bracket or at least its bearings. Its the axle that gets most variation of pressure per rotation and the most annoying part if not right mile after mile, since the most active contact with your body (not counting saddle sores but no spares to fix those) + least likely axle to be easily replaced or substituted by your average bike shop. Given the pollution crisis in Delhi at the time I think you were very lucky dodging going there to get yours fixed.

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