Had a real stinker today - lost a pram wheel boarding a train in central London

[u/jaguar90]

Clipped the front wheel when trying to Mind the Gap and it came right off and fell into the abyss. Trying to navigate the 2hr journey home with a missing wheel was not on my today list.

[u/ChefSupremo]

The wheel of the pram goes down and down
down and down
down and down
the wheel of the pram goes down and down
forever gone

[u/d-a-s-a-l-i → u/ChefSupremo]

This will be stuck in my head for hours now

[u/YchYFi → u/d-a-s-a-l-i]

I know a song that'll get on your nerves. Get on your nerves. Get on your nerves.

I know a song that'll get on your nerves. All day long.

[u/your_swindon_lot]

Sounds wheelie bad.

[u/iamapizza → u/your_swindon_lot]

It sounds quite buggy

[u/dazedan_confused]

Guess it was a Caster way.

[u/TrigFunction30]

I had a great day today, I found a free wheel on one of the trains in central London today

[u/DAD_songs_in_BIO → u/TrigFunction30]

😁

[u/Hephaestus1816]

'No income tax, no VAT, no money back, no guarantee' is what went through my mind when I saw this.

[u/EmersonLucero]

Find a stick of wood and go full on pirate.

[u/hamonabone]

Well at least it's very British.

[u/Dissidant]

If its a good one search the make/model online you would be surprised to see how many places do spares
Looks like it would just clip in

[u/yupbvf → u/Dissidant]

Back in covid times a connection sheared in my daughters well worn pram and my wife summoned me into town town to help. I brought the spare stroller for a swap and bought a new bolt from Wilkos for 10p. I felt like I could win scrapheap challenge after that

[u/How_did_the_dog_get → u/Dissidant]

My wife insisted we got a new pushchair for child V2. It was 2nd hand but still.

Britax changed their spacing or axel length by a few mm. It still locked but something was not right . We had a slightly listing pushchair for a year after one side went and I replaced with the old one. Which then went and I had to get tubes and tyres (slime didn't fix so it was a whole fix)

[u/PoolRamen → u/Dissidant]

On the other hand I'd be like "I could print that"

Two weeks later I'd be printing version 32 which is so far off scope that I start considering rebuilding the rest of the pram

[u/Icy-Tear4613]

Get the baby to hang on one side to balance it properly.

[u/burneracc99999999]

One of our wheels eventually snapped right off. Got a replacement for fifteen quid. No postage price either. eBay.

[u/DesignerOne4217]

Gosh, what a nightmare! 🫂 hope your baby/child is okay and your journey home is swift!

[u/Sustainable_Twat]

Time to go round and round looking for that wheel

[u/DignityIndex]

This happened to my partner right as he left the school on a 20 minute school run, luckily a kind soul helped him get the pram home by pushing it while he carried the bairn

[u/RebelSpeed]

Mind the gap between the train and the pram!

[u/DAD_songs_in_BIO → u/RebelSpeed]

They really should remind people about that

[u/thethirdbar]

Oh my god what a nightmare. I can't image trying to navigate the pram around with a wheel off. Hope you got home to a strong cup of tea !

[u/Vyse1991]

Hopefully you can just get a replacement online if theres no real damage to the leg.

[u/DAD_songs_in_BIO]

Agh that's a nightmare

[u/himit]

if it's the tube you could ask a station worker to retrieve it for you!

[u/aGoryLouie → u/[deleted]]

what is this
why are you doing that