Wow am I tired! That was a monster install. I just finished putting D's Locks on my Tilite TR with Spinergy LX (12 spoke) wheels. That was really really hard.
Steve has been very nice. He sent me some adapters to fit my chair when the the set that came didn't work. This set definitely fits. There were no instructions that came with the locks and having them really would have helped. Steve insisted that the ones he wrote are 9 years old and horrible. So make new ones! Figuring it out on my own, well, lucky I am mechanically minded and have done a lot of builds.
Anyhow, the reason I am posting is that there is a lot of play. I had heard there would be some especially because of the Spinergy's but I did not think it would be this much. It's 3/4 of an inch. I wanted the locks for all sorts of situations but most on my mind was for riding the bus. I think I'm going to be rocking back and forth like crazy. Don't know how I'm going to like that. It might be something I get used to or it might suck. My standard scissor locks were horrible but when I could get them adjusted right and when they stayed adjusted and when they locked just right (this did not happen often) they would hold there chair where it was. Sometimes I'd slide a little, the tire slipping against the locks but I don't know what this difference will be like with the D's on the bus as it lurches. I will find out.
I will put up some pics when I can. I am exhausted right now, can barely type. Steve really was nice. I had to call him several times and he never rushed me at all. Made me feel like I could stay on the phone for an hour and he kept telling me to call back as often as I needed. Very nice and that counts for a lot. I wish things were perfect and my chair fit me perfectly and everything I put on it worked out perfectly but that's not life. I have an under the chair bag - a Topeak Wedge, I got that idea from Jeff Adams. Clean look and stays out of the way but a bit hard to get in to. Backpack, Thule Crossover 30 litre. Great backpack but .. you get the idea. Using a chair is about compromise for me and even the adaptations I make are a compromise too. The Marathon tires don't go flat but they're heavy etcetera.
So now I have my D's Locks on and I've really been wanting them. Saw them at the Abilities Expo last October. Tomorrow will be my first day out with them, not sure when my first public transit ride will be. I'll report in.
I haven't heard anyone write in and say they've got something perfect. They say how much they love it but they always add the drawbacks too. So maybe the play in the D's are part of wheelchair mod territory, I'll see. By the way for anyone wondering - the pistons are seating fully into the discs. The play is from some movement in the cylinder holding the piston and the rest in my wheel.
Jeez I'm beat! :-)
Steve has been very nice. He sent me some adapters to fit my chair when the the set that came didn't work. This set definitely fits. There were no instructions that came with the locks and having them really would have helped. Steve insisted that the ones he wrote are 9 years old and horrible. So make new ones! Figuring it out on my own, well, lucky I am mechanically minded and have done a lot of builds.
Anyhow, the reason I am posting is that there is a lot of play. I had heard there would be some especially because of the Spinergy's but I did not think it would be this much. It's 3/4 of an inch. I wanted the locks for all sorts of situations but most on my mind was for riding the bus. I think I'm going to be rocking back and forth like crazy. Don't know how I'm going to like that. It might be something I get used to or it might suck. My standard scissor locks were horrible but when I could get them adjusted right and when they stayed adjusted and when they locked just right (this did not happen often) they would hold there chair where it was. Sometimes I'd slide a little, the tire slipping against the locks but I don't know what this difference will be like with the D's on the bus as it lurches. I will find out.
I will put up some pics when I can. I am exhausted right now, can barely type. Steve really was nice. I had to call him several times and he never rushed me at all. Made me feel like I could stay on the phone for an hour and he kept telling me to call back as often as I needed. Very nice and that counts for a lot. I wish things were perfect and my chair fit me perfectly and everything I put on it worked out perfectly but that's not life. I have an under the chair bag - a Topeak Wedge, I got that idea from Jeff Adams. Clean look and stays out of the way but a bit hard to get in to. Backpack, Thule Crossover 30 litre. Great backpack but .. you get the idea. Using a chair is about compromise for me and even the adaptations I make are a compromise too. The Marathon tires don't go flat but they're heavy etcetera.
So now I have my D's Locks on and I've really been wanting them. Saw them at the Abilities Expo last October. Tomorrow will be my first day out with them, not sure when my first public transit ride will be. I'll report in.
I haven't heard anyone write in and say they've got something perfect. They say how much they love it but they always add the drawbacks too. So maybe the play in the D's are part of wheelchair mod territory, I'll see. By the way for anyone wondering - the pistons are seating fully into the discs. The play is from some movement in the cylinder holding the piston and the rest in my wheel.
Jeez I'm beat! :-)
[homer simpson]
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