Contents:
1. Safety
2. Product Identification
3. Components
3.1 Overview of Components
3..2 Note on bearings
4. Accessories
4.1 Tyres
4.2 Spacers
5. Fitting Loopwheels to your Wheelchair
5.1 Camber
5.2 Fitting Loopwheels to your wheelchair for the first time
5.3 Removing Loopwheels from your wheelchair
6. Maintenance Schedule
1. Safety
General safety advice for using a wheelchair applies. Follow this advice to ensure
your personal safety and that of others around you when using Loopwheels.
WARNING
At high speed you could lose control of your wheelchair and overturn.
– Don’t exceed the statutory and advisory speed limit for the place you are in and
in any event don’t exceed speeds of 25km per hour .
– Avoid collisions in general.
WARNING
Risk due to driving style being unsuitable for the conditions
- There is a risk of skidding on wet ground, gravel or uneven terrain.
– Always adjust your speed and driving style to the conditions (weather, surface,
individual ability and experience).
WARNING
Loopwheels™ are not intended for use for passenger transport in a motor vehicle.
– Transfer into a fitted vehicle seat.
WARNING
Risk of serious injury from unexpected wheel braking
– Loopwheels™ must not be used with a rigid guard over the top of the tyres
unless there is a gap of 30mm between the guard and the tyre. There is a risk that,
whilst moving, the wheels could touch the guard and cause sudden braking.
- Check there is a space of 30mm above the tyre at all times
CAUTION
There is a risk of getting fingers, arms or items of clothing caught in the moving
wheel, between the wheel and the chair, or in removable parts such as the axle.
– Make sure when fitting and using Loopwheels™ that nothing becomes caught.
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