>Be me participating in amateur mtb marathon>have minipump, have spare tube, didnt think about tire levers> at 18 out of 80km get a rusted nail thru the rear tire in the middle of the field, banging on frame and chipping of the paint> time to act ! take of the wheel, try remowing tire with hands>nope.jpg>search for sticks, no sticks> find a piece of bone>it werks ! remowe tire change tube, cant get >tire back with bone since its to thick, fucked.pg> a teammate on the horizon ! has levers get >tire back on , finish the race arrive at 50/62 >was not last, succes :D!second race
> at 10km teammate asks for pump, ok.>ask him if he wants tube, he does> leave him with pump, tube, and levers, roll on> at 37km in the middle of nowhere suddenly> flat rear, 40km to the end and parking lot where the car is left. And in this moment it starts raining heavily.>no tube, no pump, no nothing. Cant call other teammates to pick me up since im the one with the car keys.> after 10 minutes of waving suddenly one kind soul stops and lends the tools, ask if i need tire lever hellyeah.jpg > gives me the pump, tube, and a small ikea spoon as a lever>finish race.>at end find out the teammate that borrowed the tube, had 2 flats that day.To this day i use the ikea spoon regularly, just as a spoon.
Nowadays i ride tubeless on mtb, but on the road bike get regularly pinch flats from potholes, but its my fault for not looking where im going.
pic related the spoon.
