Thank goodness I don’t think that I was never stuck with a puncture when young.

Move on to around 2004 when I bought my first and only full “susser” I had many punctures because I could then go really off road.

Some places were very hard on tyres but never had a split tyre or puncture until I went off road off the A61 near Wormald Green.

I left the A61 onto a track going West and punctured within 50 yards, fixed it and got another 5 yards, puncture, fixed that the another few yards puncture.

It ended up that I used up 2 puncture outfits in about 150 yards.

Also used up my spare tube. Two kits, one with the glue the other just patches. I seem to remember using about 10 to 12 patches some of the patches had to cover 2 or 3 holes.

A farmer had cut or trimmer a Hawthorn hedge and the thorns were all along the track.

I carried the bike about 500 yards until I was well clear of the area and headed for home 10 miles away in Knaresborough.

When we were near Amsterdam near the Airport road into the city centre but never got there as I hit a bit of a bump and the rear wheel rim split for about 6 inches and it punctured the tube.
2 Mile walk back to the caravan we caught the ferry back to the U.K. 2 days later.

But to answer the question fixing a puncture without a repair kit.

All you are trying to do is a get home job, it is possible to stick grass into the tyre casing or another sort of packing.

However that usually means a long walk, if you try to ride the bike you could ruin the wheel rim. If it’s the front wheel you probably couldn’t ride anyway, no control but then you swap the tubes over.

I have on one occasion had to push the back home about 5 miles trip but because of a mechanical. I seem to remember running a lot of the way and hopping on to free wheel when I could. Much younger then!

Not long after the multiple puncture thing they brought out SLIME.

You remove the valve and put this fluid bright green into the inner tube. It seals any small punctures and you can often see thus green stuff on your tyre.

You repair the tube as normal after cleaning off the SLIME and away you go again. I had a tube with this SLIME in it for over 5 years before replacing the tube and that was because the SLIME was blocking up the valve itself. Changing the valve working bit could work.

I always ( except once) carry a puncture kit and leavers plus pump.

The once is another story.

Allan C.