I was thinking of the worst case scenario and that would be when MTBing.

As far as I remember never got stuck with a puncture or if I did it was very close to home or families house.

Using your shoe laces or anything else did not occur as far as I remember and not heard of it until now. Until you or your pals had heard of it we would never have known.

None of us were members of a cycling club who would probably know of it.

I would think that I always carried a puncture outfit. I remember the saddle bag that I used and carried some tools in it. The puncture outfit would be in the end pockets.

I travelled from near Mill Lane to Clegga nearly every day for 3 years and before that to near the Newtown School for 2 Years.

These days cycling shoes tend not to have laces, straps and locking systems. The cheaper end do have laces.

Once I stared to go a fair distance from home or campsite I made sure that I had a puncture outfit and a spare tube. I have in the South of France carry 2 spare tubes as the rocks could be quite sharp and more so if traveling at speed downhill.

I did carry tyre wall patches for some years but never needed them.

Back in the 50’s maybe tyres and tubes were more robust and Road in better condition as less traffic.

These days everything is made to have as little weight as possible.

The trend today for tyres and tube is to dispense with the tubes and use tubeless tyres like cars.

To use these you have special wheel rims I understand and sealant to fit them. There is special puncture repair kits for them if hole too big.

A lot of cyclists do not carry a pump but have Co2 cartridges.

I stick to tyres and tubes and carry a pump.