I tried it when I went to vote and it still wasn't ideal, so I redid it again last night. Which given I now know what I'm doing only took about 15 minutes. The hubs of the wheels now lie under my hands when I drop them to the sides, which the Wheelchair Services OT mentioned as the standard position they aim for.
I took it into town today and it's much better. There's still one kerb-cut it has a problem with, and which I can do in the clown chair, but I suspect that's only because the clown chair is ridiculously untippy. The cut is on an up-slope and I suspect the problem is the combined angle is well past the allowable 1:12. OTOH I worked out it's easier to turn and go across the side of the kerb-cut, which takes the slope out of the equation.
Delivery of the new chair was supposed to be 65 days, and they said they hoped it would be quicker than that. That's up at the end of the month, so I'll give them a ring on Friday if I've heard nothing. Sod's law says they'll turn around and say "65 _working_ days" in which case they have another four weeks to play with.
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I took it into town today and it's much better. There's still one kerb-cut it has a problem with, and which I can do in the clown chair, but I suspect that's only because the clown chair is ridiculously untippy. The cut is on an up-slope and I suspect the problem is the combined angle is well past the allowable 1:12. OTOH I worked out it's easier to turn and go across the side of the kerb-cut, which takes the slope out of the equation.
Delivery of the new chair was supposed to be 65 days, and they said they hoped it would be quicker than that. That's up at the end of the month, so I'll give them a ring on Friday if I've heard nothing. Sod's law says they'll turn around and say "65 _working_ days" in which case they have another four weeks to play with.