Hi, my husband previously a keen cyclist took ill just over 2 years ago with what eventually turned out to be a spinal infection. When he was well enough to consider getting back on 2 wheels, he no longer had the balance necessary. So he bought a trike, which served him well for the first year during which time he managed to cover 1,000 miles (compared to his previous annual cycling of 3,000 miles), he hoped that this would be a bridge back to 2 wheels.
However, that wasn't to be, and he bought an e-trike earlier this year to enable him to increase his range, to give him a bit of assistance on hills (we live in quite a hilly area) and to allow him to transport it in the car as it folds down very well, to our caravan which is sited 50 miles away. He had the trike 6 weeks when it suffered a blow-out, which we discovered was caused by the rear tyres becoming threadbare, he had covered about 400 miles in that time. We bought new tyres, which lasted 9 weeks before the same thing happened. He is now on his third set of rear tyres, the front one is the original.
My question is: has anyone else had this sort of experience? Did they find the cause, and did they manage to remedy it? (Previously he only had to replace cycle tyres every 2 to 3 years!)
However, that wasn't to be, and he bought an e-trike earlier this year to enable him to increase his range, to give him a bit of assistance on hills (we live in quite a hilly area) and to allow him to transport it in the car as it folds down very well, to our caravan which is sited 50 miles away. He had the trike 6 weeks when it suffered a blow-out, which we discovered was caused by the rear tyres becoming threadbare, he had covered about 400 miles in that time. We bought new tyres, which lasted 9 weeks before the same thing happened. He is now on his third set of rear tyres, the front one is the original.
My question is: has anyone else had this sort of experience? Did they find the cause, and did they manage to remedy it? (Previously he only had to replace cycle tyres every 2 to 3 years!)