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From: Michael.Merrow@hnews.fidonet.org (Michael Merrow)
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Subject: Wheelchair "wheelies"
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Date: 16 Mar 90 05:16:37 GMT
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 PG> Wheels are a lot less stable than legs, dontcha know, I
 PG> would be MORE reluctant to try wheelies than I would be
 PG> to tilt my chair back.
 
Again, I think Steve VanDevender explained it better than I can. I am 
only beginning to learn from my own experience in practicing that the 
dynamics of balancing in a chair are different than what you might think. 
There's almost no risk of me tipping over sideways, as with a regular 
chair and forward and backward tipping are controllable because of the 
fact that I am able to move the chair itself along the ground to 
compensate for the my own lack of balance.
 
Michael
 

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