Who remembers the days when riding without tools or a spare tube was more common? I mean, there are still heaps of people on the trails with nothing to get them out of the inevitable jam coming their way, but it’s far from a regular habit now. Not long ago I discovered some expert-level racers were hitting the track ill-prepared. During the Whistler EWS several years ago I helped one such individual with a spare tool because he didn’t have one. He frantically tore it open and began wrenching away while I (impatiently) waited, only to receive the tool back missing a part. Can you imagine racing from the top of Whistler Mountain – the longest stage of the entire Enduro World Series – without a tool?
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