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[keps]

I got my new chair yesterday, and I'm really really pleased with it.
It's a Quickie Argon, and it's marvellous! So far anyway...I've only had it a day, lol.

Oh yeah, I couldn't find the thread where people post pictures of their chair. Well, I did try to look for it..admittedly not very hard though.

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[Apparelyzed]

Nice chair,

Here piggy, piggy, piggy!

Oops, sorry, it's wooden!

Simon

[ton-up-gaz]

hi keps

pleased that you like your argon i have had mine since last summer, a word of warning just check screws are tight as they come undone very quickly,i put locktite on my screws, especially the ones on push rims (never had a problem since)

made a small modification to mine over xmas (well my wife did) she got the hacksaw and chopped the push handles off because she said it was good for my figure lol,don't know what she means it's not my fault that i have got a wardrobe full of clothes and nothing fits

the mod makes it easier to transfer chair onto the passenger seat when driving as my handles were fixed not folding

will get mandy to post a pic of chair tomorrow if we get time

[Apparelyzed]

made a small modification to mine over xmas (well my wife did) she got the hacksaw and chopped the push handles off

Don't they just screw in ?

Simon

[keps]

Nice chair,

Here piggy, piggy, piggy!

Oops, sorry, it's wooden!

Simon

Simon - LOL! My boyfriend got the wooden pig at V99.
He also bought this really evil-looking wood carving of a crouching man.
I made him get rid of that though, as it kept giving me evils!

Ton-Up-Gaz - thanks for the words of warning. I went for the fold down push handles, as I need push handles, but when not in use they can be folded so as not to get on my nerves by trapping coats etc, on them. Be good to see a pic of your chair, too.

[hillarymcarter]

Nice chair! It looks just like my husband's TI Lite.

[keps]

Thanks, Hillary!

My chair is aluminium frame, so not as light as a Ti Lite.
But that's ok by me.

I'm currently playing about with the adjustments, trying to get it perfect.
Yesterday, I had the backrest angled further back, but it made it really hard to push, so it had to go back!
I also got the angle-adjustable footplate in the perfect postion for me.
Now, I need to play about with the back and front seat height, as I'm still not sat perfectly.
BTW, my boyfriend does all the adjusting, whilst I offer "helpful" comments! lol

[wheelie182]

hi keps nice chair, looks light,

but what religion do you follow?........(are you a para or a quad?)

I thought that you were a quad, ive been looking through your posts, and i cant find anything,

anyway a quad and no bucket !!! im a para and ive gotta have bucket, (or are you yet to add the bucket)

oh and now save up for some spinergys, they'll make a nice upgrade,

but congratulations

Edited by wheelie182, 06 January 2006 - 09:59 AM.

[keps]

hi keps nice chair, looks light,

but what religion do you follow?........(are you a para or a quad?)

I thought that you were a quad, ive been looking through your posts, and i cant find anything,

anyway a quad and no bucket !!! im a para and ive gotta have bucket, (or are you yet to add the bucket)

oh and now save up for some spinergys, they'll make a nice upgrade,

but congratulations

Hi Wheelie,

I'm a T2 complete para.

I do want to have some bucket - going to be looking at sorting that out next. (The boyfriend couldn't face doing it yesterday, after wrestling twice with the backrest/footplate! lol)

Oh yeah, Spinergys - but the cost! I'll be saving up until forever for them!

What religion do I follow?! Is that some coded way of asking if someone's a quad or para??!!

Thanks for your congrats.

Edited by keps, 06 January 2006 - 10:08 AM.

[russ1]

Nice looking chair - is it just the angle of the picture or are the rear wheels a long way back, it doesn't look like you'll ever pop up the front wheels to get up kerbs with the wheels that far back. Didn't the supplier spend some time doing adjustments for you to get it set up right - if they didn't and they're relying on you to do it yourself (or get someone to do it for you) then unless you bought mail order and saved a bundle then that's appaling service. When my chairs were delivered I spent nearly 2 hours hopping in and out of the chair with the rep who delivered it making small adjustments to get it set up right. Of course after a bit of use you end up making small changes but getting the initial set up right shouldn't be left up to the user.

The bucket doesn't look a great deal less than my chair - bucket semes like a great idea but there are studies showing that too much bucket can lead to postural problems in later life so don't go overboard, I work on having just enough that I don't slide out when going down slopes although my going outside chair has a bit more than my more inside chair.

Front seat height is fixed - you can only alter the footplate postion to alter height of your knees and that's going to be fixed by height of front of chair and depth of cushion. Remember that as you add bucket you need to angle seat back forward by the same amount to keep you in the same upright posture.

[keps]

Russ -

the wheels are set as far back as possible. The supplier was happy to make any adjustments I wanted.
When I got the chair, the wheels were a lot further forward, but I got the guy to set them right back. I will move them slowly forward, but I wanted to be as stable as possible, at least at first.
It is possible for me to wheelie, even though the wheels are so far back.

No, it IS possible to make some changes to front seat height not using the footplate - the front castors can be moved.

I don't want much bucket, just a bit more than I've got now. Again, the supplier would have done it, but I just wanted to see how I got on with the chair the way it is now.

[russ1]

I see how they've set it up now with the front castors - not quite what the holes in the castors are designed for ( they're there to accomodate different sized castors you'd normally have the min clearance at the top of the wheels) but it'll do the job you're looking for quite nicely (down obviously only) although this could mean that you'll end up with the footplate too close to the ground and it'll keep catching if you do drop the front.

Having the wheels so far back will make pushing less effective and will make the chair less manovourable so you should try to bring the wheels forward fairly soon but you do need to be comfortable with the stability and it's a trade off but you'll definately be better off with them an inch or two further forward and you have the anti tips on there until you get used to the stability thing.

I'm still making subtle changes two years into ownership of my chairs so it'll take a while to get things right :-) Have Fun

[keps]

will get mandy to post a pic of chair tomorrow if we get time

Hast thou forsaken me?

[ton-up-gaz]

i don't know if this will work or not been trying for three days to post pic, if it does'nt work please help me!!!!!!!!

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[keps]

ton-up-gaz

thanks for posting pic. It DOES work, you'll be pleased to hear!
I see you went for a black frame. It looks like you might have more of a frame angle than me (my chair seems longer front to back).
Is that the angle-adjustable footplate I can see?
I am really pleased with mine - I couldn't be without it now.

Hi Guest (whoever you are! ) - my chair was £1637, but the base price was £1385 (I think that's correct). It was extra for fold- down push handles, angle-adjustable footplates, uncool antitips (thanks Simon! ) and plastic sideguards.

[wheelie182]

keps it was me !!, i am the guest

[ton-up-gaz]

yes it is the adjustable footplate, when i bought mine they said it was purple lol.
the black on front tubes are anti-scratch covers (seat belt protectors from car shop £1:00 a pair)

i think i paid £1600 wheelie she still says no on the spinergy's

[keps]

keps it was me !!, i am the guest

Good to see you back in your usual guise, Wheelie!

And gaz (if I may so shorten your name) - purple footplate?! I thought you could have black, or nothing!
BTW, very creative use of seat belt protectors. Congrats!


What's so great about Spinergys? I've heard lots of people praising them, but I've never tried any, so I don't know what I'm missing.

[russ1]

Spinergy's are a fair bit lighter than standard wheels so that helps - they also have less spokes but the ones they do have are a bit thicker so they look pretty cool .

What they dont tell you though is that the best thing is that because there's a lot less spokes they're a lot easier to grab hold of and handle when you're pulling them on and off doing car transfers. I really notice it when I have my standard wheels on.

If you really want cool the X-cores are probably the best looking but in reality nothing works better than Spinergy IMHO.