I broke a wheel!

It wasn’t my fault, though. I needed new tyres because mine were worn. Changing these high-pressure tyres is a bit of a pain (especially with restricted mobility and leverage) so I got a bike shop to do it. I think they must have damaged the inner tube when they fitted the tyre because as soon as I put any pressure into it, the tube burst and blew the rim off the wheel.

Annoying, I have a meeting with the NHS wheelchair service in Durham later in the week and really need my road wheels for that. Plus, I can’t train properly using my off-road wheels. So I’ve had to buy a new set of wheels instead of trying to claim a new one under the chair’s warranty. And they’re not cheap.

Good wheels, but £300 for the pair.

I’ll go back to changing my tyres myself in future.

As always, take a look at my fundraising page. I’m doing wheelchair half marathons (hopefully three this year, plus sundry 10k events) to raise money for nia, a women-led, women-only, secular, rights-based registered charity which has been delivering services to women, girls and children who have been subjected to sexual and domestic violence and abuse, including prostitution, since 1975.