So, just built up my eBay Anthem, found some excellent forest trails just a few miles from where I live and I'm out having a real blast. A couple of hours in and woosh the rear deflates. Ah, no bother, get the new tube out and... no levers, shit, oops, multitool screw driver then. The crappy tool bends and falls apart and the nobby nic is not for bulging.
An hours walk later I find my way out of the most deserted woods I've ever seen and bump into a bunch of kids doing a ride for the Duke of Edinburgh award. I manage to borrow levers and a patch and got things back together - sorted. Then... woosh, it deflates again! This time its a split on the brand new tube, **** it.
The new tube is useless, the old tube has a snake bite, a split and a thorn hole, the kids are getting cold and want to get going so, no choice, I give up on the tyre and end up jogging the (luckily only) two miles to get home.
Thanks anyway to the very helpful bunch of kids that gave up their lunch break to help an old codger that should know better.
