“Santa Cruz Soul Surfer” is correct about sitting in a chair to long, it can be very uncomfortable and what I call a “Back Breaker” event.
BBender, sounds Great and kinda Crazy like me, which is excellent, Jamming, … but my type of chair I am using, can take that abuse, but not everyday, nor would you want to use it for that Activity level. BBender sounds to be very Active, requiring a high performace Sports type chair. Not the type of chair I use for my basic everyday use chair.
Jules, “Santa Cruz Soul Surfer”, and BBender both I’m sure are very “Active Individuals”, and they require what I refer to as extreme or a “True” High performace types of wheelchairs. Quicke is a quality brand name wheelchair but not for the speed, profile, camber abuse they would be putting out on it.
Maybe I could have kept up with those individuals in my 20’s, or 30’s, But now that I’m age 44+ I need high profile backs, arm rests, and a chair that does support my back, I think my chair back is 18 inches, and the seat 18" also front, to sides.
My T-7 spinal cord injury is due to automobile accident back in 1982, while driving to work I rolled my truck over my back. Again, just my opinion & experience, I’ve had “Good Luck” with Sunrise Medical Quickie’s. What I consider a “Sporty “ type looking wheelchair, but a Standard & Basic everyday use chair, and NOT a Sports chair.
Yes it is zippy, nice turn ability, keeping it on 2 wheels all the time, it has 4” high speed front casters, power braking with the hand rims, doing skid stops. Bouncing it up & down, jumping curbs, going up & down stairs and steps, it is very durable, and I have and do “Abuse” my Wheel Chairs.
Again, NOT a Sports chair and I do NOT think it can take the Abuse, you All in Sports chairs really put out and on those chairs of yours. You very “Active Sports” Individuals who really bang, push, bounce, jump. Rolling in & out of pools, or those concrete skating & rolling parks, I cannot recommend the Quickie I use for those activities.
Quickie I think does have a “Ridged frame” type of Sports chair, with low profiles, low backs, pronounced wheel camber, real high speed casters, but I cannot speak on any personal use of that type of chair. I just needed a more stable, high profile back for long sitting and back support, a chair with arm rests. A chair that I could use to climb in / out of from the floor, or whatever, and it was a stable platform, my experience is ONLY with that type of a chair.
Those around the (T-7, Thoracic 7 level) the wheelchair I have preferred since they have been available is a Quickie lightweight. Now since it took the abuse, high dependability, main frame guaranteed, I am also now using a Quickie “2” Ultra Light and have preferred Sunrise Medical Quickie’s.
I consider them to be a standard everyday use chair, and they (my opinion) serve that purpose well. The wheels can be cambered and the arm rests removed for individuals needing more of a high performance “Sports” type activities, BUT its NOT a “Sports chair”, and I don’t want to mislead anyone. I recommend actually trying one out, before the purchase, to make sure it will fulfill all your requirements.
Back in the early 1980’s as you know, the choice of wheelchairs, brands, types, was even more limited. Being a T-7, the first basic Quickie and then Quickie “2” offers, a tall back for comfort. The tubular arm rests are nice to brace your back at times, lean back into the chair, give your back a break. They are durable enough for pressure release lifts, and for climbing in / out from floor, bed, couch, other heights.
Also the tubular armrests can be totally removed, or pivoted backwards making the chair without arms and almost into a sports type chair. Not what I consider a heavy chair, but not a sport chair either has a good stable platform and balance, for body adjustment while sitting, or to rock from side to side.
Jumping curbs, riding wheelies, all around basic road work, indoor/outdoor use of the folding Quickie that I put behind my drivers seat, in the back seat was durable and took plenty of abuse. For myself being at T-7, the arm rests, tall back, was needed, and really helped and assisted for longer siting in comfort.
The attachment pic, is a type of Quickie 2 close to what I use, but I use Mag's and I have one in Blue and one in a Dark forrest Green colors.
Hope I have helped, sorry for being long winded on this post. Just found this website and I hope that it will be a GOOD one for us who do use chairs, and ride the wind, and for us who get a little crazy too.
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Posted 02 February 2007 - 05:30 AM
...look like's it wieghs nothing, unlike my piece of junk 
....So if you had a unlimited budget juls, what kind of chair would you buy?
(We will be sending in the order form in the next few days. We are making sure everything is measured perfectly first). It will look a lot like this:
Posted 03 March 2007 - 09:46 PM
