duke1 wrote:it needs anti tips
foghornleghorn wrote:Can't find any good photos of the bounder off road anti tip plates but there is a user on here with a youtube channel that does have them fitted.
You can just about see them at 6:00 in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN2l4evGvHU
Username on here is danpayton maybe he would take a couple of pics for you if asked.
foghornleghorn wrote:Seatbelt?
I didn't think one was needed until I ended up with loads of broken teeth.
duke1 wrote:foghornleghorn wrote:Seatbelt?
I didn't think one was needed until I ended up with loads of broken teeth.
tbh a seatbelt would be a liability here as she uses the towpath along the riverbank
duke1 wrote:she also banned me from trying to narrow it anymore she says its perfect and stable now and if shes happy with 28.5 inches wide i can live with that!
foghornleghorn wrote:duke1 wrote:foghornleghorn wrote:Seatbelt?
I didn't think one was needed until I ended up with loads of broken teeth.
tbh a seatbelt would be a liability here as she uses the towpath along the riverbank
Makes sense.duke1 wrote:she also banned me from trying to narrow it anymore she says its perfect and stable now and if shes happy with 28.5 inches wide i can live with that!
To be honest the only reason for making a chair narrow is if it is your indoor chair and wouldn't fit the house, or needs to go in a van with not much room. An outdoor chair wants a big footprint
Burgerman wrote:Regarding the centralised anti tip...
Tried that.
I ended up laid in the street at 1am in the morning in the rain. While waiting for a sane human to find me. Then trying to explain to the fire fighter with his huge red truck why I was upside down.
Wheelie, or tip back, and it hits the centre anti tip. Now you are sat on 3 wheels. Lean left or right a tiny bit, or try it on a road edge (camber) and it turns and tips sideways. Out you go.
Try it!
shirley_hkg wrote:
They are a bit too far out .
Hide them near the drive wheels .
ex-Gooserider wrote:Looks good, and should work well on anything but the mushiest of soft stuff....
My only concern is that the anti-tip wheels look really narrow compared to the drive tires.... I wonder if they would stop a wheelie if on really soft ground, or if they would just sink in like a shovel blade...
I forget which BM version it was on, but I remember one where BM had several skateboard looking wheels on the rod between the sides.... Possibly you could thread some onto that shaft between the wheels. Even if they were smaller, it would still give a lot more surface area to reduce sinking into the soup....
ex-Gooserider
ex-Gooserider wrote:Looks like a good choice on the wheels...
As far as the seatbelt question goes, I can understand the concerns about sliding into the drink and being trapped underwater, but I would still be inclined to use a seat belt....
Most automotive or aircraft style belts are quick release so a simple button push or lever flip will get them undone in a second or two - not really long enough to slow down escape if needed....
OTOH if sliding or rolling into a water body, I'd be concerned about the chair tipping or tumbling, and having it dump me out and then roll / slide over me.... Unlike on a motorcycle where I would want to bail ASAP if going down, I figure the chair is going to act like a partial roll cage, so I'd rather stay seated until things stop moving, and THEN work on escape....
Somewhat relevant experience - I was helping the GF to close our swimming pool several years back and snagged my joystick w/ the pool cover, and ended up driving my chair into the pool..... I had my seat belt on when I went in, and I don't think it delayed my getting out of the chair by more than a second...
hi she point blank refuses a seatbelt but hopefully there will be no sliding sideways she has taken the mud monster to what was her nemesis its a heavy camber tarmac/moss/wet leaves/dogshit with camber towards river and the old outback chair slides a bit almost every time but once did come very close to the point of gravity taking it over the edge,the new ones just goes perfect no slide not so much of chair leaning over and hurting her back and hard to imagine the new one has no shocks or suspension other than the low pressure tyres and a comfy seat is far more stable and less hurty than her old chair that has suspension and motorcycle rear tyres with 20 psi in! still seems odd to me only having 5psi in the new ones but def works and i would reckon they should last a good while as there 6 ply,anyhow dogs are hassling for walk so we of down riverwalk in the rain and the difference is she now cant wait to do it!
ex-Gooserider
Burgerman wrote:See the yellow graph here?
viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9344
That mess is the PL8 MONITORING,while charging with one...
Quite unbelievabe, but typical.
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