Yeah ok thanks for the flood of banter and mild abuse...
The reason I didn’t stay and repair it was that I was a quarter of a mile from home, knackered after a long arsed shift and on a dark, narrow country road. There was nowhere safe to plug and go - yes, I have “sticky string” plugs (and no, there are no instructions. I have used the “sticky string” plugs before - but a LONG time ago and you don’t often get a chance to “practice” such repairs) it would have also taken me FAR longer to find whatever caused the puncture and then repair than to limp the bike back - riding it may have caused further damage meaning that even if the puncture could have been repaired, that might have been precluded by the further damage. That said, when I found the actual damage today, I doubt that the sticky strings would have been a sufficient repair anyway.
I knew I had the BMW assistance so I didn’t need to worry about a roadside repair when I could get the bike home without undue fuss and at less danger to myself than “staying and playing”
Norfolk flint?? I’ll have you know that my flint wasn’t any old common or garden Norfolk flint! It was the finest, sharpest WILTSHRE flint (being so close to so many “Sites of Special Scientific Interest” it may possible even be a discarded Neolithic arrow head - all sorts if weapons and ammunition on Salisbury plain don’t you know!?) LOL
The point of my post you argumentative, sarcastic bunch of ne’er do wells is - no, I haven’t got time to trawl through endless posted arguments and posts - “what’s the concensus on the best 70% Road/30% trail tyre?”
Thank you!
Once again, sits back awaiting another torrent of jibes.
