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Always carry a spare so you can repair a puncture back home in comfort instead of by the roadside.

Inner tubes with long thin Presta valves are made for a wide range of cycle tyres that are commonly pumped up to high pressure, including 650c/26 inch, 700c, 29ers and BMX/20 inch.

Inner tubes with squatter Schraeder valves (the car tyre type of valve) are more suited to tyres inflated to lower pressures.

Inner tube brands include:

• Bikehut (including those pre-filled with sealant)
• Bontrager
• Brompton
• Continental
• Geax
• Halfords
• Impac
• Nutrak
• Schwalbe
• Slime Lite (self-healing, pre-filled with sealant)
• Specialized

Puncture repair kits, glue and puncture patches are available for inner tubes and tubeless tyres. Also replacement Presta and Schraeder valves and caps.

Brands include:

• Draper
• Halfords
• Innovations
• Leeches
• Lifeline
• Nutrak
• Panaracer
• Park Tools
• Ritchey Comp
• Skabs
• SKS Pro (incl pump)
• Weldtite

Get-you-home sealants are supplied with an applicator. There are also self-sealing inner tubes that have been pre-filled with sealant to reduce puncture problems.

Brands include:

• Bikehut (self-sealing inner tube)
• Slime
• Slime Lite (self-healing inner tube)
• Vittoria
• Weldtite