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[megatrig]

Ok brief message!

I have used these for 4 years now. They are THE VERY BEST I have come across in 2w years!

Any questions just ask .... they don't "scuff" or get bits chipped out. The grip s exceptional!!

http://www.pushblack.com/

I'm not even on commision!

[Schopenhauer]

megatrig, on Aug 15 2009, 09:36 AM, said:

Ok brief message!

I have used these for 4 years now. They are THE VERY BEST I have come across in 2w years!

Any questions just ask .... they don't "scuff" or get bits chipped out. The grip s exceptional!!

http://www.pushblack.com/

I'm not even on commision!

These would be terrible handrims for someone like myself. Because I'm a low para and push my chair pretty quick. The only way to slow down (especially when racing down a hill) is to grip the handrims tightly. A neoprene coated handrim would burn the gloves off my hands and then rip my skin off with them! The friction is just too much.

What I need is a handrim that increases my mechanical advantage. A smaller diameter smooth metal handrim could do that but I'd have to adjust the rest of my chair to get my posture right so that I could use them.

I've often wished that I could just pump a couple of handles vertically up and down to move my chair forward - but that adds mechanical bulkiness and weight. Oh well, can't have everything.

[megatrig]

Schopenhauer, on Aug 15 2009, 07:37 PM, said:

megatrig, on Aug 15 2009, 09:36 AM, said:

Ok brief message!

I have used these for 4 years now. They are THE VERY BEST I have come across in 2w years!

Any questions just ask .... they don't "scuff" or get bits chipped out. The grip s exceptional!!

http://www.pushblack.com/

I'm not even on commision!

These would be terrible handrims for someone like myself. Because I'm a low para and push my chair pretty quick. The only way to slow down (especially when racing down a hill) is to grip the handrims tightly. A neoprene coated handrim would burn the gloves off my hands and then rip my skin off with them! The friction is just too much.

What I need is a handrim that increases my mechanical advantage. A smaller diameter smooth metal handrim could do that but I'd have to adjust the rest of my chair to get my posture right so that I could use them.

I've often wished that I could just pump a couple of handles vertically up and down to move my chair forward - but that adds mechanical bulkiness and weight. Oh well, can't have everything.

Ok verrrrrrrrrrrrry brief reply and please don't take this wrong!!

But..........

Teraplagics can't "grip" a pushrim .. as a rough rule ... so anything to give purchase on a rim is great! These give excellant grip.

Yes the trade off is you "burn" your hands coming down a hill.

Having said that not being able to grip means you "fly" down a hill anyway until you encounter a brick wall!!\!! .. joke!

A tongue in cheek reply this!

Again rule of thumb... paras use shiny metal push rims as they can grip them and Flick through and grip to slow down

Tetras/quads use THE MOST STICKIEST thing they can. so they can move!

\hope that clarifies things?