Specialized EMT Survival Kit
You’re out on a great ride. Your heart rate’s up, so you know you’re working, but you feel like you could ride forever. Then all of a sudden your front tire starts feeling soggy. You stop to check it out and it’s just what you were afraid it was: a flat.
But that’s no problem because you’re prepared, right? Your survival kit is neatly stowed beneath your saddle. All you’ve got to do is pull it out and fix your tire. You’ll be back on the road in minutes… right?
Because if that’s not right, your great ride is over. You’re maybe 20 km out. It’s gonna be a long walk home. And when your day goes to hell like this, you can bet it’s gonna rain.
The two seconds it takes to snap a survival kit onto your bike is all you need to prevent this ugly scenario. The Specialized EMT Survival Kit is a good place to start. Its water-resistant, mini-wedgie bag has an neoprene pouch for a spare, a FlatBoy glueless patch kit tube and a folding multi-tool with 3, 4, 5, 6mm Allens, a Phillips and a tire lever. Add a pump or a CO2 inflator and you’re there. Forget it and you’re walking home.
The only question you’ve gotta ask yourself is this: Why walk when you can ride?