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From: Joe.Chamberlain@f140.n150.z1.fidonet.org (Joe Chamberlain)
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Subject: Re: Wheelchairs
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Date: 23 Apr 91 20:33:44 GMT
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[This is from the Spinal Injury Conference]

 To: spgreg@mars.lerc.nasa.gov (Greg Macrae)
 Organization: NASA Lewis Research Center

 GM> Inexpensive wheel/tire/tube source:
 GM>         Mega Bike 1-800-332-mega 1-213-547-1112 (LA area)
 GM>         San Pedro CA
 GM> In spite of the name, they sell only wheelchair products--Kevlar
 GM> reinforced tires $15-25, tubes $5-15, mag wheels $190/pr (spokeless).
 GM> They carry the hard to find 8 x 1.75 and 8 x 2 in tubes and tires.
 GM> They also carry the polyurethane puncture guard I saw described here
 GM> recently.

        Thanks for the info.  Those little wheels are hard to
find and I will check this out.

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