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davidgillon) wrote2016-02-16 10:41 am
davidgillon) wrote2016-02-16 10:41 am
Entry tags:
- clown chair,
- ebay,
- gpv,
- wheels
Chair - grrr!
I now have my new chair. For how long remains to be seen.
It was advertised as 16" wide across the seat, it's actually 14". my spare 15" cushion will just fit, but there's very little clearance between me and the wheels (OTOH it does make it a hell of a lot easier to get through the doors in the house, the clown chair only just fits through the door into the living room).
The rest of it is as mostly as expected, the frame need some touching up, and the upholstery is a little shabby., but that was clear from the pictures.
Front castors are fairly well worn, rear tires turn out to be treadless solids, which is a bit of an unpleasant surprise, but not actually contradicting anything in the ebay ad.
Handling knocks the clown chair into a cocked hat, though if anything it's too tippy, the castors leave the ground (but only just) almost every time I push. The anti-tips are staying exactly where they are (i.e. down and in use) for now.
It was advertised as 16" wide across the seat, it's actually 14". my spare 15" cushion will just fit, but there's very little clearance between me and the wheels (OTOH it does make it a hell of a lot easier to get through the doors in the house, the clown chair only just fits through the door into the living room).
The rest of it is as mostly as expected, the frame need some touching up, and the upholstery is a little shabby., but that was clear from the pictures.
Front castors are fairly well worn, rear tires turn out to be treadless solids, which is a bit of an unpleasant surprise, but not actually contradicting anything in the ebay ad.
Handling knocks the clown chair into a cocked hat, though if anything it's too tippy, the castors leave the ground (but only just) almost every time I push. The anti-tips are staying exactly where they are (i.e. down and in use) for now.
The plan is to spend as much of today as possible in it to see whether its tolerable or not, I'll head out in it later to run some errands and evaluate it outside, but I didn't get a great deal of sleep so I'm going to have to go and take a nap before anything else.
It's never simple, is it?
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FWIW it should be fairly easy to tweak the tippiness -- you'll need to move the axle position, but that's usually adjustable and there's lots of guides available online.
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New discovery, the quick release wheels don't! (Unless there's some trick to it beyond pressing the centre of the hub).
*Headdesk*
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I await your report...
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Actually I don't think I can fit a bag on it with the upholstery as it currently is, the vertical canes are completely covered!
I'm not sure if it's some sort of aftermarket add-on, but it seems to be two padded pieces velcroed together, one over each cane, and also forms the token side guards. Bit reluctant to disassemble it if I may have to say "this is not as advertised".