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Originally Posted by flecc
As you say essexman, the self sticking patches only stick 75% of the time, so I prefer to do the job properly which is always successful. It's a pity people are so scared of punctures since they are really so easy to deal with.
Many is the the time when I've stopped and quickly repaired one for someone looking helpless at the side of the road, done in minutes.
Of course that is an alternative way of dealing with punctures, assume a helpless look and wait for a mug like me to come along. 
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I agree Flecc, but hub gear bikes just put me off roadside tube changes. The amount of times i've spent in the pitch black, a bike light between my teeth, by the side of a road, scraping through long grass trying to find the bolt i've fumbled in the dark.....
Helpful passer-by's are amazing. I remember being 18 and stuck out in the middle of nowhere. A cyclist came past and gives me his spare tube. The kindness of strangers is very life affirming. I've had the opportunity to do it for others as well since. Its one of those real feel good things to do. It can be overdone though....
I remember a time i stopped to adjust my rear derailleur and ~100 cyclists stopped to offer advice, tools, a complete wheel rebuild... It was the local CTCs annual AGM ride
