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Technical Aids Tips and Tricks LI
四月 9th, 2014Speedpost part III
四月 1st, 2014对不起，此内容只适用于Deutsch。
Speedpost part II
三月 21st, 2014对不起，此内容只适用于Deutsch。
Quadriplegic Workshop IV
三月 6th, 2014对不起，此内容只适用于Deutsch。
Crazy Flash XXIII
二月 26th, 2014对不起，此内容只适用于Deutsch。
Wheelchair Tuning Part XXXVIII
二月 20th, 2014It is rumoured that I am a bit like a woman with a quirk for shoes with my collection of various wheelchair tyres.
Well… ok, I confess guilty… see older blogpost concerning the subject wheelchair tyres !!!
It is difficult to explain to a pedestrian how much the driving characteristics of a wheelchair can change if you only change the tyres. Plus according to my opinion a wheelchair may also look nice.
The wheelchair mirrors a bit the soul of the driver!
Show me the wheelchair, and I prepare a complete psychological profile of the owner.
You need the right tyre for each occasion, or would you go into the opera with hiking boots… ehhh… mountainbike tyres???
I was somehow missing such an opera tyre…
Like girls fancy pink and bling-bling, boys have always been crazy about chrome.
Of course I have this Y-Chrome-osome as well.
When I saw in the depths of the internet this blinking wheelchair tyre with more than 140 spokes
and the mighty racing nut in the middle I immediately had to think of James Bond and his Aston Martin DB05 from Goldfinger and Thunderball.
Source: jamesbond.wikia.com
My second thought was, these wheels with their white sidewall tyres want to be put on my wheelchair quickly.
I think they look great, the chrome trims on the dress guard were there before. The blue steering forks will of course be exchanged.
What do you think, a chrome radiator grill between the legs is already under discussion 
Translator BL
一月 30th, 2014
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War inside the Internet II
一月 22nd, 2014对不起，此内容只适用于Deutsch。
Visit to the Technical Supervisory Association
一月 22nd, 2014Like any other German car, my adapted car with its hand throttle and wheelchair loading system has to be inspected by the Technical Supervisory Association every other year.
Usually this is a bit annoying, but this time it was really funny.
The whole story started when I asked if I should drive the car myself into the hall due to the hand throttle.
They insured it wouldn’t be a problem… well then…
It was funny to see the inspector hopping like a kangaroo to the test stand with my car. It wasn’t so easy driving with hand throttle after all.
While I was waiting a display dummy attracted my attention which stood next to the reception desk. It was wearing a t-shirt
Without visible defects, Technical Supervisory Association (TÜV-Hessen)
I was laughing with tears.
Of course I bought such a t-shirt immediately, but when I paid I couldn’t refrain from saying to the lady that my 24 inch aluminium wheelchair rims are not recorded in my identity card
My car passed the inspection without defects and got its sticker on the number plate.
I assume that the inspector wanted to have a closer look at my wheelchair loading system, otherwise I can hardly explain why I had to drive my car myself out of the hall. Or maybe he didn’t like my hand throttle???
Translator BL
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks L
一月 21st, 2014War inside the Internet
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Wishing you all a pleasant 3rd Advent!
十二月 15th, 2013
Technical Aids Tips and Tricks XXXIII
十二月 11th, 2013It doesn’t always have to be the big reconstructions in your home like e.g. bathroom or stairlift… (see older blogposts).
Often you “just” need to drill a single hole at the right place to make life easier for a wheelchair user.
Because I never had a video-surveillance-security system at my apartment door I used a virtually maintenance-free, analogue peephole when I was pedestrian.
With its fitting height of 145 cm this is now only usable for me in connection with my standing chair, some ignorant mates call it standing wheelchair.
Because I order a few or many parts in the internet and like to look into the eyes of the courier drivers before I open the door I have drilled a 14 mm hole in my door in individually adjusted hobbit height with the active support of a friend.
A highest price Conrad Elektronik peephole order no. 75 01 63 for the full price of 6,39 € was then screwed in from both sides.
The analogue NSA hobbit peephole
serves its purpose 100%.
The angular field is surprisingly good, you can see the face of the “ringer” even above a size of 1,40 m when he is there… !!!
You don’t have to identify the courier drivers by the size of the parts they bring
Read the blogpost about a handle on my kitchen door. I have mounted such a handle on my entrance door as well to close the door easier from the outside (see older blogpost).
Now I only need a band-aid to hide the peephole in granny style
Translator BL
Wishing you all a pleasant 2nd Advent!
十二月 8th, 2013
Where is the mistake?
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