Took the bike for the train commute on Friday last week, got a puncture on the way to the station. Didn't have my repair kit with me, having become accustomed to not needing it, so that meant a mad run to the station to make it in time for the train, then walking with the bike to the office.
Left it there over the weekend, and brought my repair kit with me on Monday so I could fix it. Only I forgot my pump. Tried to repair it anyway, then took the bike along to Evans during my lunch break so I could use their pump to reinflate the wheel. Which is when I discovered that the repair wasn't holding.
Ended up leaving it with them so they could sort it for me. Cost me £15!!! I thoroughly resent paying that much for a puncture repair, but can't really blame anyone except myself.
Riding home on Monday evening, the bike was fine until a couple of miles from home, when the handling started to feel very strange indeed. Oh, FFS... *both* tyres at the same time?
Luckily, the deflations were slow enough that I could just about complete the ride home without walking, though it felt very strange to ride.
Really need to fit better tyres.