So I tweeted this yesterday. The brakes on my wheelchair needed to be adjusted. I was rolling around with NO brakes! It’s a SAD commentary on our part that the company who normally repairs my wheelchair were unable to help me. Well, not without sending a different wheelchair tech. because my insurance changed (I like my other guy! I’ve known him for awhile), charging me a pretty hefty fee, and I was not even going to get a call to make an appointment until “maybe tomorrow.” I needed the brakes fixed “immediately if not sooner” (my Dad used to say that).
I was on the verge of crying because I just wanted my wheelchair fixed! Being in a wheelchair without brakes is like driving a car without brakes. You just don’t do that! It was terrible! There is a bike shop in Dearborn (I remember going there with my parents as a kid) and they told me (actually my Mom – remember I was on the verge of tears and I was at work!) After work, I met my Mom at the bike shop (I couldn’t get out of my car by myself with NO brakes). She took my chair in and was back at my car with the chair WITH brakes in 10 minutes! It was a minor adjustment that was needed to get the brakes to engage.
I don’t plan on being in this wheelchair for much longer but this place was GREAT!!! I know where to go to get adjustments on my brakes while I am still in the chair.
THANK YOU SO MUCH RICHARD AND SCOTT!!!
BEST $6 I’ve spent! Mom & Pop bike shop with a HEART!!! pic.twitter.com/6oua3S7ulP
