biscuit wrote:My arms are too wussy to self propel
I'll gradually collect acronyms etc. for creating a glossary thread this week -i don't think there is one already - and hope someone will translate them. Nothing is obvious, I just had to look up what awg means.
If you travel by air, with taxis or with a car that is not your own, (friends and family, rental, etc.) manual wheelchairs are simpler to move and load.
Burgerman wrote:I had to look up acronym. And glossary!
Burgerman wrote:They assured me a woman with 40 years powerchair assessment experience and training knew it all.
Should be hilarious. I already have a few test questions lined up!
About 6 EASY verbal qualifying questions, before I deem them suitably qualified to be assessing me at all.
Heres one:
What are the 5 or 6 main advantages of the larger sized tubeless tyres/rims I use on all of my chairs?
I'm not sure I could name 6 advantages of your current tyres
I wouldn't have led with aesthetics being the first reason if at all.
Plus I go in a lot of places where I would feel like a bit of an arsehole leaving black streaks on the floor. Buildings are being forced to spend a lot of money on disabled access and it doesn't seem right to go in and make a mess.
Dunno. They seem to like it!My infilled tyres can make bad pavements feel like going down a set of stairs so would have said [1] smoother ride.
Is leaving your tail out to be squashed a German Shepherd thing? The only dogs tail I have ever run over is a German Shepherd
I was thinking [2] the lack of tread on your tyres must be better for carpets than the standard 14" ones. My old indoor wheelchair had completely smooth tyres and did no carpet damage at all but my current one has the 12½x2¼ treaded solids and 9 months use is showing around the house already.
.As an opposite to that, outdoors I wouldn't have seen the lack of tread on your tyres as an advantage. In the garden I would end up stuck in the hedge down the bottom unable to get uphill, and every time I go out anywhere I'm not 100% on a paved surface so would be lacking traction. Low rolling resistance is going to help the batteries but when you get stuck it doesn't matter if your battery is at 80% or 50% you are still fucked
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